No easy walk to freedom
By: Nelson Mandela ; [forward ... by Ruth First]
Contributors: First, Ruth.
Series: African writers series
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1973
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa.; South Africa -- Race relations.; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1948-1961.; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1961-1978.
Description: Nelson Mandela finally walked free in February 1990 after twenty-seven years in prison. This collection of his articles, speeches, letters from underground, and the transcripts of the trials in which he was accused, vividly illustrate the magnetic attraction of one of the foremost campaigners for freedom Africa has known.
Table of contents: title: Streams of African nationalism: No easy walk to freedom. The shifting sands of illusion.; title: Living under apartheid: People are destroyed. Land hunger. The doors are barred.; title: The fight against apartheid: Freedom in our lifetime. Our struggle needs many tactics. Verwoerd's tribalism. A charge of treason.; title: Resistance from underground: The struggle for a national convention. General strike. Letter from underground. A land ruled by the gun.; title: On trial: Black man in a white court. The Rivonia trial.