Learning from Robben Island
Subtitle: the prison writings of Govan Mbeki
By: Govan Mbeki ; compiled by Colin Bundy
Contributors: Bundy, Colin, compiler
Publisher: Kwela Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780795707322; 9780795707339; 9780795707346
Subjects: Apartheid; Resistance to Government; Prisoners' writings; Economic conditions; Politics and government; Economic history; African National Congress
Description: Never intended for publication, Govan Mbeki\2019s prison writings, originated and were preserved in Robben Island prison. They were meant 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 are remarkable documents that provided activists with a distillation of practical lessons about political organisation, learned in the most testing conditions.
Notes: Includes index.

First published by David Philip Publishers, James Curry Ltd and Ohio University Press 1991.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Ruth First : in memoriam ; Reply to P.W. Botha's offer of release ; Comrade Moses Madiba : in memoriam; title: pt. 2. The rise and growth of Afrikaner capital 1 ; The rise and growth of Afrikaner capital II : the resultant socio-politico-economic effects ; The rise and growth of Afrikaner capital III : the birth of a fascist dictatorship; title: pt. 3. Good organisation : the key to success ; Good organisation : carrying the organisation to the Bantustans ; Notes on leafletting and pamphleteering; title: pt. 4. Notes on the business cycle, unemployment, inflation and gold ; Economic history : South Africa ; Monopoly capitalism in South Africa : its role and extent ; Movements in African real wages 1939-1969; title: pt. 5. Who benefits from apartheid? ; A note on the comment on the paper on apartheid ; A discussion document (3/B) ; Supplement to 3/B ; The ANC and the student organisation; title: Afterword by Colin Bundy.