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STRUGGLE BEHIND BARS: A COMMENTARY ON MANDELA'S A PRISONER IN THE GARDEN (PENGUIN, 2005)

Just when you think almost everything has been written about South Africa , something else startling comes along. I thought that after reading Nelson Mandela's LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, I need not read anything else about South Africa . Then came Walter and Albertina Sisulu's biography. Then another biography on Oliver Tambo came. Each added another layer and twist of our knowledge of that great country.

Now comes Nelson's prison archive entiltled A PRISONER IN THE GARDEN (Penguin, 2005) about Mandela's experiences and writings while he was incarcerated. Mandela fought tough battles while in prison using the power of the pen and the archive contains some of his writings, musings, plans and stuggles while in prison. Mandela was a walking archive while in prison.

Mandela fought disbarment from the practice of law from his prison cell. He advocated for the improvement in the treatment of fellow prisoners and for the well-being of his family and all others while in prison and using the power of the pen. The pen can be in the long term mightier than the sword.

Mandela has always insisted on the important role of education for individuals and the maintaince of records for posterity. He has just achieved by example the twin struggles for education and maintainance of archival records through this publication. The apartheid state failed to destroy Mandela's prison record.

This record is part of the Mandela Memory Project intended for posterity. It is a very good holiday read. It is so empowering. I present to you, Mandela's APRISONER IN THE GARDEN.

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