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Memoirs

Ahmed Kathrada’s autobiography is a moving, touching and often amusing read about a man who not only observed, but also actively participated in the shaping of a country’s history.
Born a shopkeeper’s son in the rural town of Schweizer-Reneke, he became the trusted confidante of some of the most prominent political figures in South Africa’s struggle history, among them Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. Politically active at the age of 10, and joining the Young Communists’ League at 14, Kathrada – or ‘Kathy’, as friends and family affectionately called him – devoted his life to the freedom struggle in South Africa.

Author: Ahmed Kathrada, English, NonArt.

Specifications: Soft cover, 220x145mm, 400 pp
, ISBN: 978 1868 729180 .

Price (ZA) R210

Filed in Bookstore, South African

Letters from Robben Island

A soul-stirring book filled with remarkable stories of suffering, humour, humanity and the triumph of the human spirit. It is a journey of the heart to be read by all South Africans. Letters from Robben Island is a selection of the over 900 letters that political stalwart Ahmed Kathrada wrote during his years in prison, having been sentenced to life in the Rivonia Trial in 1961.