Liberation: A Journal of Democratic Discussion

Availability: freely available
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Fulltext available since: (1953)
Fulltext available until: (1959)
Publisher: DISA
ZDB-ID: 2125454-0
Subject(s): History, Political Science
Tag(s): Landesgeschichte Südafrika,Apartheidpolitik Südafrika
Appearance: retrospectively digitized
Costs: free of charge
Comment: Liberation was founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to blacks and non-establishment whites in South Africa. 1 was subtitled " a journal of democratic discussion", and was aimed at the intellectual elite. Contributors to the magazine include Michael Harmel, H.J. Simons, Joe Slovo, Nelson Mandela, Duma Nokwe, D. Dhlamini, M. Mokgohlwa, G. Fasulo, Helen Joseph, Govan Mbeki, Richard Cope and other critics of apartheid. It was printed and published by Daniel Tloome. It was written in English. Publication ranges from February 1953 to December 1959, and had about 10 issues per year.