Mandela neither demanded nor received an entirely unconditional devotion; in power he expected his compatriots to behave as assertive citizens not genuflecting disciples
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George HewittGeorge Hewitt is professor of Caucasian languages at London's School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS). Among his many works are "Peoples of the Caucasus" (in F. Fernández-Armesto, ed.), Guide to the peoples of Europe (Times Books, 1994) and (as editor) The Abkhazians, a handbook (Curzon Press, 1999). Recent articlesAbkhazia: land in limbo The unrecognised republic of Abkhazia lies at the heart of the Georgia-Russia dispute. George Hewitt, leading scholar of Abkhazian language and identity, considers how the Abkhaz today view their own future. Sakartvelo, roots of turmoilThe current political convulsions in Georgia can be understood only against the background of its post-Soviet history, says a leading scholar of the region. |
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