Nelson Mandela: the ripple effect

This article considers how Nelson Mandela's immediate family members intellectualised themselves within his legacy when he was terminal and upon his death. These specifics sublimate and set him apart from the eulogising tendency such as it has energised the scholarship on him. The tactics highl...

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Published in:Third world quarterly Vol. 39; no. 9; pp. 1848 - 1859
Main Author: Maithufi, Sope
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 02.09.2018
Taylor & Francis, Ltd
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Customary law
Graça Machel
Hegemony
Law
Makaziwe Mandela
Mandela, Nelson
Mandla Mandela
Relatives
Scholarship
South African Law of Succession
Succession
Tactics
tradition
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
ISSN:0143-6597, 1360-2241
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Summary:This article considers how Nelson Mandela's immediate family members intellectualised themselves within his legacy when he was terminal and upon his death. These specifics sublimate and set him apart from the eulogising tendency such as it has energised the scholarship on him. The tactics highlight tradition as an analytical category. Citing succession as a key episteme, the discussion delineates how tradition rarefies in non-hegemonic, mobile and fragile subject positions. In this approach, the paper invokes subtleties in the African Customary Law of Succession in South Africa.
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ISSN:0143-6597
1360-2241
DOI:10.1080/01436597.2018.1438183