A Life for Freedom: The Mission to End Racial Injustice in South Africa - Rilegato

Goldberg, Denis

 
9780813166469: A Life for Freedom: The Mission to End Racial Injustice in South Africa
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ISBN 10: 0813166462 ISBN 13: 9780813166469
Casa editrice: Univ Pr of Kentucky, 2016

Sinossi

From June 1963 to October 1964, ten antiapartheid activists were tried at South Africa's Pretoria Supreme Court. Standing among the accused with Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada, and Walter Sisulu was Denis Goldberg. Charged under the Sabotage and Suppression of Communism Acts for "campaigning to overthrow the government by violent revolution," Goldberg was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. The only white man convicted during the infamous Rivonia trial, he played a historic role in the struggle for justice in South Africa.

In this remarkable autobiography, Goldberg discusses growing up acutely aware of the injustice permeating his homeland. He joined the South African Communist Party and helped found the Congress of Democrats. It was his role as an officer in the armed underground wing of the African National Congress (ANC), however, that led to his life sentence -- the outcome of which was a staggering twenty-two years behind bars. While incarcerated, the racist dogma of apartheid imposed complete separation from his black comrades and colleagues, a segregation that denied him both the companionship and the counsel of his fellow accused.

Recounted with humor and humility, Goldberg's story not only provides a sweeping overview of life in South Africa both during and after apartheid, but also illuminates the experiences of the activists and oppressors whose fates were bound together.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Denis Goldberg is founder of the Community H.E.A.R.T. development fund, which is based in Britain and Germany, and supports health and education projects in South Africa. From 2002 to 2006, he served as special advisor to the Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry in South Africa. He has received numerous awards from several countries, including the Order of Luthuli in 2009, in recognition of his work against apartheid.

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Editore
Univ Pr of Kentucky
Data di pubblicazione
2016
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0813166462
ISBN 13 
9780813166469
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
451
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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