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Maharaj, Mac (Ed)

REFLECTIONS IN PRISON (SIGNED AND DATED)

Published: Zebra, Cape Town, 2001

Edition: First Edition

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First Edition, Hardcover Quarto bound in Royal blue full leather boards, and has 253 pages. Gilt lettering on the front board and decorative gilt design to the spine.

A very clean, very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. Signed and dated 07-08-2001 by Mac Maharaj on the dedication page.

Overall the binding and the book are in very good condition.

Reflections in Prison: Voices from the South African Liberation Struggle, Mac Maharaj, Desmond Tutu, in 1976, while imprisoned on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela secretly wrote the bulk of his autobiography, "Long Walk to freedom".

The manuscript was to be smuggled out by fellow prisoner Mac Maharaj on his release later that year. Maharaj also urged Mandela and other prominent political prisoners to write essays on South Africa's political future. There were also smuggled out with Mandela's autobiography and are published in this volume. Written by Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada, Govan Mbeki, and four other leaders of the anti-apartheid movement, these essays offer a view of their thinking at a critical point in the liberation struggle, on the eve of the 1976 Soweto uprising.

The leaders describe their philosophies, strategies, and hopes. They debate issues such as violent versus nonviolent forma of struggle, diversity and unity, the ideological challenge of the Black Consciousness movement, and how to accommodate different interpretations of African nationalism. The book begins with a foreword by Desmond Tutu.

Then comes two essays by Mandela and one each by Sisulu, Kathrada, Mbeki, Billy Nair, John Pokela, Eddie Daniels, and Adimba Toivo ya Toivo. Each essay is preceded by a short biography of the author, a description of his life in prison, and a pencil sketch by a black South African artist.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 256 x 190 mm
  • Sold By: Bookdealers cc
  • Contact Person: Doron Locketz
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0114407936
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT, Payfast, Credit Card
  • Trade Associations: South African Bookdealers Association


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