The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

Mandela, Nelson

Editorial Norton
Fecha de edición julio 2018 · Edición nº 1

Idioma inglés

EAN 9781631491177
640 páginas
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Resumen del libro

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 wife Winnie and his five children. Now, 255 of these letters, the majority of which were previously unseen, provide the most intimate portrait of Mandela since Long Walk to Freedom.

Painstakingly researched, authenticated and catalogued by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the letters have been drawn from the Foundation's archive as well as from public and private collections held by the Mandela family and South African government archives. Mandela's letters are organised chronologically and divided by the four prisons in which he was incarcerated. Each section opens with a short introduction to provide a historical overview of each of these periods and the collection features a foreword by Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela.

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 resonates today, The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela reveals the heroism of a man who refused to compromise his moral values in the face of extraordinary human punishment. Ultimately, they confirm Mandela's position among the most inspiring historical figures of the twentieth century.

Biografía del autor

Nelson Mandela (Qunu, Sudáfrica, 1918-Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica 2013), Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1993, es la voz más representativa de África en el mundo. Por su lucha contra el apartheid, pasó 26 años en una cárcel de máxima seguridad. En 1994 fue elegido Presidente de la República de Sudáfrica. En 1999 abandonó la vida política.





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