Claim: Maurice Nyagumbo was detained in 1959 and spent most of his years until 1979 in prison in Rhodesia, where he wrote a book called With the People: An Autobiography from the Zimbabwe Struggle, which was published the year he was released.
Evidence: He spent most of the subsequent years until 1979 in prison in Rhodesia. In 1959 he joined the African National Congress and later that year he was detained. During his time in detention he wrote a book, With the People: An Autobiography From the Zimbabwe Struggle, which was published soon after independence (Allison & Busby, 1979).