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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela, Sahm Venter, Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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An unforgettable portrait of one of the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century, published on the centenary of his birth.Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, forty-four-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years in jail. During his 10,052 days of incarceration, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and most memorably to his courageous wife, Winnie, and his five children.Now, 255 of these letters, a majority of which were previously unseen, provide the most intimate portrait of Mandela since Long Walk to Freedom. Whether writing about the death of his son Thembi after a request to attend the funeral was ignored, providing unwavering support to his also-imprisoned wife, or outlining a human-rights philosophy that...

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Author

Nelson Mandela, Sahm Venter, Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781631491184

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (212 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14