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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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Reflections in prison (Paperback)
Mac Maharaj; Edited by Mac Maharaj, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki, …
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In the first three months of 1976, during his imprisonment on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela wrote the bulk of his autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom". This was an illegal act, and the manuscript had to be smuggled out by fellow prisoner Mac Maharaj on his release that year. Maharaj used the opportunity to ask Mandela and other political prisoners to write essays about South Africa's political future. These were smuggled out with Mandela's autobiography, and are published, 25 years later, in this book. These essays provide a "snapshot" of the thinking of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and other prominent Robben Island prisoners before the 1976 Soweto uprising changed the face of politics in South Africa. As such they provide an insight into our history. Each essay is preceded by a biographical introduction and a sketch of the author specially commissioned for this volume.
With an Introduction by Colin Bundy. Published in association with
the UWC Historical and Cultural Centre Project, Govan Mbeki's
essays formed part of the political education programme that was
developed on Robben Island, the 'university' for its political
prisoners,such as those arrested and tried at the Rivonia Trials in
1964. 'These prison essays mark a victory in the continuing contest
between the pen and the sword'. - Professor Colin Bundy in his
Introduction North America: Ohio U Press; Southern Africa: David
Philip/New Africa Books
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