Abstract
M.A. (History)
The main purpose of this study is to expose a hidden dimension in the
annals of African resistance politics. This dimension has never received
adequate attention thus the repercussions of its influence has not been
adequately accounted for. This dimension is centred on the causes and
consequences of conflict between the ANC Africanist Youth League and
the Communist Party. The Africanist Youth League was convinced that its
conflict with the Communist Party was in defence of African nationalism
and self-determination. The Communist Party's infiltration of the ANC and
its concerted efforts to derail it and the Youth League from African
Nationalism, comes under critical scrutiny in this study. Thus, the popular
view of the Youth League's conflict with the ANC is proved to have been
the sub-plot of the main ideological rivalry between the Communist Party
and the ANC Youth League.