- Paperback: 394 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA; illustrated edition edition (31 May 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1868420507
- ISBN-13: 978-1868420506
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,222,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This title is the story of a remarkable man: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe. It is also the story of the friendship between Sobukwe and Benjamin Pogrund whose joint experiences and passionate debates chart the course of a tyrannous regime and the development of concerted black resistance. On 21 March 1960, Robert Sobukwe led a mass defiance of the pass laws of South Africa. He persuaded blacks to present themselves at police stations and demand arrest. A determinedly non-violent protest turned to tragedy when police opened fire on a crowd, killing 68 protestors at Sharpeville. It proved to be Sobukwe's last day of liberty. The protest was a turning point: Afrikaner rule stiffened and black resistance went underground. International opinion hardened against apartheid. Sobukwe, leader of the Pan-Africanist Congress, was jailed for nine years on Robben Island. He was then released into banishment and house arrest in the small town of Kimberly. He died there nine years later, in February 1978.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Although I knew a bit about the struggle against Apartheid, this book really brought it to life. It's also an inspirational read about Sobukwe, who espoused very Ghandian principles such as non violence and non racialism (despite a philosophical contradiction where he initially wouldn't allow whites into his PAC organisation -- this is more a point about "non-collaboration" which is explained in the book). Many white South Africans whom I have spoken to about the book do not know much about Sobukwe, which isn't surprising given the strict top down approach to education under Apartheid. Pogrund's writing is accessible, as well, which makes it a great read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book whilst in South Africa and like the other person that has reviewed it I was suprised how little the South Africans know about this man.
This book gives you another understanding of what went on in the apartheid years and Robert Subukwe was the first prisoner on Robben Island his story made me cry and laugh it is a book of courage and strength in the face of adversity and discrimination. I also found this book to be very inspirational it is so well written. If you like books about these great people another inmate that was on Robben Island is Ahmed Katharda "Memoirs" it also gives you another view another story of how proud these men are of the people of South Africa and South Africa itself. Brilliant emotional rollercoaster of books.First class reads once you pick up you do not want to put down.
This book gives you another understanding of what went on in the apartheid years and Robert Subukwe was the first prisoner on Robben Island his story made me cry and laugh it is a book of courage and strength in the face of adversity and discrimination. I also found this book to be very inspirational it is so well written. If you like books about these great people another inmate that was on Robben Island is Ahmed Katharda "Memoirs" it also gives you another view another story of how proud these men are of the people of South Africa and South Africa itself. Brilliant emotional rollercoaster of books.First class reads once you pick up you do not want to put down.
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