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Richard L. Roberts, Emily Lynn Osborn, Benjamin N. Lawrance
342 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780299219505
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: Not specified
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As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting in his autobiography that “a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African.” Africans in the lower echelons of colonial bureaucracy ofte...
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Richard L. Roberts, Emily Lynn Osborn, Benjamin N. Lawrance
342 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780299219505
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
As a young man in South Africa, Nelson Mandela aspired to be an interpreter or clerk, noting in his autobiography that “a career as a civil servant was a glittering prize for an African.” Africans in the lower echelons of colonial bureaucracy ofte...