The essays by Govan Mbeki which comprise this book were written,
circulated and preserved in Robben Island prison. They were never
intended for publication but to be read by other prisoners. Their
aim: to educate politically. They are remarkable documents that
provided activists with a distillation of practical lessons about
political organisation, learned in the most testing conditions.
They include extended historical, political and economic analyses
that are vital to any assessment of the intellectual history of the
South African left. And they are pages in a truly international
literature – a record throughout the ages of the creativity and
indomitability of people imprisoned for their beliefs. “Learning
from Robben Island is an extraordinary selection of Mbeki's essays
written, for the most part, between the late 1970s and mid 1980s .
. . [It] bears testimony to the endurance of the human spirit . .
.” –Philip Steenkamp, The international journal of African
historical studies. “[Learning from Robben Island] gives better
insight into life on Robben Island, showing that the struggle
continued even within prison boundaries.” – Lakela Kaunda.
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