| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 263 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
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Mayibuye history and literature series ; no. 92 |
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Mayibuye history & literature series ; no. 92.
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| Contents |
Dedication and acknowledgments / Ahmed Kathrada -- Foreword / Nelson Mandela -- Introduction / Walter Sisulu -- Editor's introduction / Robert Vassen -- About Ahmed Kathrada -- Sylvia Neame, February or March 1964 -- Sylvia Neame, February or March 1964 -- Sylvia Neame, May 1964 -- Sylvia Neame, 9 June 1964 -- Sylvia Neame, 11 June 1964 -- Ahmed Kola, 30 August 1964 -- Kathrada family, 18 October 1964 -- Kathrada family, 24 December 1967 -- Essop Pahad, 3 April 1968 -- Goolam Hoosenbhai, 29 December 1968 -- Sylvia Neame, between 11-31 December 1970 -- Solly Kathrada, March 26 1972 -- Zivia Shaban, 12 May 1973 -- Mrs. Neville Alexander, 16 February 1975 -- Sonia Bunting, 16 February 1975 -- Choti and Ismail, 28 March, 1975 -- Ruth and Ilse Fischer, 11 May 1975 -- Raman Chiba, 20 Septem |
| Summary |
Late one night in July, 1963, a South African police unit surrounded the African National Congress headquarters in Rivonia and arrested a group of Movement leaders gathered inside. Eventually eight of them, including Nelson Mandela, who was already serving a sentence, Walter Sisulu, Dennis Goldberg, Govan Mbeki, Raymond Mhlaba, Elias Motsoledi, Andrew Mangeni, and Ahmed Kathrada, were convicted of sabotage and, on June 12, 1964, sentenced to life in prison. Soon, these men became widely known as the ""Rivonia Trialists."" Despite their imprisonment, the Trialists played active roles in the |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad) -- Correspondence
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Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.) fast (OCoLC)fst01428466 |
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Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Correspondence
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Political prisoners.
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Politics and government
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1994. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90005397
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South Africa.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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Autobiographies.
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Personal correspondence.
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Autobiographies.
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Correspondance privée.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vassen, Robert, 1937-
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| ISBN |
0585188106 |
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9780585188102 |
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