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Inkatha is a group led by Chief Buthelezi that initially works with the ANC against apartheid but which eventually comes to oppose the ANC, sometimes violently. Inkatha causes trouble during Mandela’s efforts to hold South Africa’s first free democratic election.
Inkatha Quotes in Long Walk to Freedom
The Long Walk to Freedom quotes below are all either spoken by Inkatha or refer to Inkatha. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 104
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Despite his seemingly progressive actions, Mr. de Klerk was by no means the great emancipator. He was a gradualist, a careful pragmatist. He did not make any of his reforms with the intention of putting himself out of power. He made them for precisely the opposite reason: to ensure power for the Afrikaner in a new dispensation. He was not yet prepared to negotiate the end of white rule.
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Inkatha Term Timeline in Long Walk to Freedom
The timeline below shows where the term Inkatha appears in Long Walk to Freedom. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 103
...who split off from the ANC and now leads a violent resistance group called the Inkatha. Mandela makes plans to meet with him to try to stop the violence.
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Chapter 110
...policy of “rolling mass action” that incorporates strikes, demonstrations, and boycotts. Tensions rise when the Inkatha lead a strike that kills 46 people and de Klerk and the police do nothing....
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...framework for negotiating called the Record of Understanding. This agreement angers Chief Buthelezi and causes Inkatha to drop out of negotiations, abandoning both the ANC and the Nationalists. Aside from this...
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Chapter 113
The path to freedom is rocky, as Inkatha and some other groups refuse to participate in the elections, but Mandela presses on. He...
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