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No title {Further reflections}

Chapter 18 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. This chapter continues with his reflections and analyses the apartheid government. It also includes additional notes on his tour of Africa.

No title {Robben Island}

Chapter 16 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers Robben Island and all the political prisoners jailed there.

No title {Reflections}

Chapter 17 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. In this chapter Nelson Mandela reflect on the events that led up to his imprisonment, his imprisonment and on some of his comrades.

No title {Prison}

Chapter 15 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period in prison. This is done mainly in point form.

Around Mother Africa

Chapter 13 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers Nelson Mandela's trip to various countries in Africa soliciting support for the armed struggle.

The end of a Chapter

Chapter 12 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period between 1960 and 1961, with increasing repression by the Apartheid government and the ANC going into exile and the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe.

No title {PAC}

Chapter 11 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. The chapter covers the breakaway faction that led to the formation of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the Federation of Free Africans (FOFATUSA) and the formation of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP).

The heat rises

Chapter 10 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period between 1956 and 1961 that had been omitted from earlier chapters.

No title {on trial}

Chapter 9 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. This covers the period of the declaration of the state of emergency in 1960 to about 1963.

A Blueprint of Fragments

Chapter 8 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period from 1955 to 1960.

A Circle of Impressions

Chapter 7 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period when Nelson Mandela was banned in the 1950s.

The Freedom Army Grows

Chapter 6 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the various campaigns, activities and the repression experienced until the mid 1950s.

The Defiance Campaign

Chapter 5 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period of the Defiance Campaign.

Days of Commitment

Chapter 4 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period of his burgeoning political involvemnt, the formation of the ANC Youth League until the beginning of the Defiance Campaign of 1952.

In Johannesburg

Chapter 3 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island. It covers the period when he arrives in Johannesburg until he meets Walter Sisulu and Gaur Radebe and joins the African National Congress

At College

Chapter 2 of the unpublished autobiography written in Robben Island. It covers the period when he attends secondary school, his expulsion from the University of Fort Hare until he runs away to escape an arranged marriage.

Childhood Days

Chapter 1 of the unpublished autobiography written on Robben Island in 1976, covering the period between his birth and his passage of rite into manhood.

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

1980 Desk Calendar

The item consists of 1 printed desk calendar with handwritten notes covering the year of 1980. The calendar was used as a diary by Nelson Mandela while in prison and contains entries concerning matters such as visits, dreams, films, books, personal health and politics.
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