THABO MBEKI

"I AM AN AFRICAN. I OWE MY BEING TO THE HILLS AND THE VALLEYS, THE MOUNTIANS AND THE GLADES, THE RIVERS, THE DESERTS, THE TREES, THE FLOWERS, THE SEAS AND THE EVER-CHANGING SEASONS THAT DEFINE THE FACE OF OUR NATIVE LAND". - THABO MBEKI, 16 JUNE 1999. THABO MBEKI WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA IN 1999. HOWEVER, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE EARLIER YEARS OF THIS GREAT STATESMAN OF AFRICAN AND THE WORLD. THIS BOOK TRACES THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THABO MBEKI. YOU CAN READ ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS IN TRANSKEI, HIS DESPERATE ESCAPE INTO EXILE, THE YEARS SPENT IN EUROPA AND AFRICA, AND HIS RISE TO PRESIDENT OF HIS COUNTRY. AS YOU READ YOU WILL FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHO THIS MAN IS.