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About Tom Lodge

Tom Lodge is professor of peace and conflict studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He was formerly professor of political studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is the author of Mandela: A Critical Life (Oxford University Press, 2006). His previous books include Politics in South Africa: From Mandela to Mbeki (Indiana University Press, 2003)

Articles by Tom Lodge

Friday 9th September

Mandela’s communism: why the details matter

The evidence of Nelson Mandela’s membership of the South African Communist Party in the early 1960s is clear. But what needs to be reassessed in light of it? A study of the precise chronology of Mandela’s activism and thinking at the time suggests an answer, says Tom Lodge, author of “Mandela: A Critical Life”.
Friday 17th July

Nelson Mandela: assessing the icon

He led South Africa beyond apartheid. He remains a global hero. But what of the revisionist case?
Wednesday 3rd June

Northern Ireland: between peace and reconciliation

The work of groups in Northern Ireland's "interface communities" is the test of lasting social progress
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