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Lesotho and the Inner Periphery in the New South Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Richard F. Weisfelder
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Reform and the transformation of authoritarian régimes in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and the Horn of Africa have been associated with rampant nationalism, secession of component units, and ultimately, demands for the return of lost territories. By contrast, within supposedly ‘tribal’ Southern Africa, the African National Congress (A.N.C.) and its Africanist opponents are agreed that any settlement must apply to the whole of the Republic of South Africa, including the so-called ‘independent Homelands’.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , December 1992 , pp. 643 - 668
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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