ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that the eventual transformation of the African National Congress (ANC)/Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) are different because of their overall context. One significant difference of the ANC case is its transformation through both the conflict and post-conflict stage. From this comparative case study and similar to the study of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the role of movement leadership has a large impact on transformation. The findings in tracing the processes and mechanisms in the development of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) and ANC are very similar to the collective political violence transformative (CPVT) model. This may pose a possibility of effecting change in current or future violent political movements. Guerrilla movements can transform over time into political parties that participate in a state's political system. Each of the former guerrilla movements transformed at its own pace.
