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 12 June 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 struggle against South Africa's racist
regime. Instead of being forgotten, as apartheid officials had
hoped, they became enduring symbols in a struggle against injustice
and racism.
Kathrada and his colleagues were classified as high security
prisoners, segregated from others and closely watched. Every
activity was regulated and monitored. Among the many indignities
visited upon them, the prisoners were prohibited from keeping
copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence. Kathrada, or
"Kathy" as he is known, successfully hid both.
" Letters From Robben Island" contains a selection of 86 of the
more than 900 pieces of correspondence Ahmed Kathrada wrote during
his 26 years on Robben Island and at Pollsmoor Prison. Some were
smuggled out by friends; others were written in code to hide
meaning and content from prison censors. These are among his most
poignant, touching, and eloquent communications. They are
testimonies to Kathrada, his colleagues, and to their commitment to
obtaining human dignity and freedom for all South Africans.
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