Leadership in question part nine: Luthuli, masculinity and gender
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Luthuli’s masculinity, Luthuli as a gendered subject
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Leadership in Question Part Seven: Chief Albert Luthuli’s leadership comprised multiple, mutually respectful identities
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Chief Albert Luthuli inhabited multiple worlds, as a Christian, an elected chief whose chiefdom comprised mainly people who did not accept the Christian message, and he led the ANC, an organisation comprising Africans. But Luthuli reached out to all communities and his following included many whites. That even whites admired him could well have been a motive for foul play leading to his ‘mysterious’ death.