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Letters from Robben Island : a selection of Ahmed Kathrada's prison correspondence, 1964-1989 /
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,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cape Town, South Africa :
Mayibuye Books in association with the Robben Island Museum,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Mayibuye history & literature series ;
no. 92. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 263 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| ISBN: | 0585188106 9780585188102 |