Reflections in Prison

by Maharaj, Mac; Mandela, Nelson

• ISBN13: 9781558493421
• ISBN10: 1558493425
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr

Summary

A series of selections by South African leaders--including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, and other anti-apartheid leaders--written from prison illuminates the fight for black liberation from the Soweto uprising through the late 1980s. Origin

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Desmond Tutu
Where Thought Remained Unprisoned	ix
Mac Maharaj
Nelson Mandela	1	(64)
Clear the Obstacles and Confront the Enemy	7	(14)
Whither the Black Consciousness Movement? An Assessment	21	(44)
Walter Sisulu	65	(26)
We Shall Overcome!	71	(20)
Ahmed Kathrada	91	(34)
Indian South Africans - A Future Bound with the Cause of the African Majority	97	(28)
Govan Mbeki	125	(22)
The Anatomy of the Problems of the National Liberation Struggle in South Africa	131	(16)
Billy Nair	147	(40)
Through the Eyes of the Workers	153	(34)
John Pokela	187	(18)
Towards Freedom	193	(12)
Eddie Daniels	205	(18)
Let Us Work Together for Unity	211	(12)
Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo	223	(16)
Swapo leads Namibia	229	(10)
About the editor	239	(4)
About the artists	243	(4)
Notes	247	(4)
Abbreviations	251