h of organized violence, the results of which we did not and could not know" to respond to the "violence of the Apartheid regime" (239; 451). Today, the ANC does not engage in violent means of change nor do its racial policies respond to a racial past.
One of the biggest problems with developing national identity in South Africa is not just the issue of race, but also the fact that many groups like the ANC that emerged after independence were formed to promote the needs and agenda of only a portion of the population, typically defined by race. Whether the African National Party (ANP), ANC, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the Zulu Nation or others; most political parties created greater factionalism among South Africa's diverse races than any kind of national unity. The ANC in that era typically represented Sout
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