Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)
Other forms of name
uMkhonto weSizwe
African National Congress. Spear of the Nation
African National Congress. Umkhonto we Sizwe
African National Congress. Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)
MK (Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa))
Mbokodo
Spear of the Nation (South Africa)
Umkhonto weSiswe
Umkonto wa Sizwe
Start period
1961-12-16
Associated country
South Africa
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 148030294
Wikidata: Q1136236
Library of congress: no 91016447
Sources of Information
  • Dawn (Umkhonto we Sizwe (South Africa)). Dawn, Oct. 1981:t.p. (Umkhonto we Sizwe) p. 22 (Umkhonto we Sizwe; African National Congress); Oct./Nov./Dec. 1982: p. 60 (Umkhonto we Sizwe; MK; estab. 16th Dec. 1961)
  • Gastrow, Shelagh. Who's who in S. Afr. pol., 1985:p. 148 (Umkhonto we Sizwe; military wing of the ANC)
  • Rosenthal, Eric. Encyc. of Southern Afr., 1978:p. 523 (Umkonto wa Sizwe; Spear of the Nation)
  • South African History Online, viewed February 19, 2019(uMkhonto weSizwe (MK))
  • South African History Online, viewed June 11, 2015(Umkhonto weSiswe, in banner; Umkhonto weSizwe (MK); Zulu and Xhosa for 'Spear of the Nation')
  • Wikipedia, February 19, 2019(Umkhonto we Sizwe; uMkhonto we Sizwe; MK was integrated into the South African National Defence Force by 1994)
  • Mbokodo, 1994:t.p. (Mbokodo; MK) jkt. (Mbokodo, ... security branch of the African National Congress)