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The article in Safundi pays tribute to Tom Lodge, a prominent scholar in South African history, focusing on his work "Red Road to Freedom." Lodge's book is praised for its meticulous research, contextual sensitivity, and balanced critique of the Communist Party's history in South Africa. The article highlights Lodge's intellectual formation in the British left of the 1970s, which shaped his democratic sensibility and commitment to humanistic scholarship. Lodge's global perspective in "Red Road" illuminates the complex interweaving of South African Communists with the British left, offering a nuanced understanding of the party's history. [Extracted from the article] |
