Nelson Mandela

Links to useful sites:

The Liberation Struggle and Nelson Mandela

• Website: overcomingapartheid.msu.edu
  South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid, Building Democracy presents first-hand accounts of the LIberation movement. Interviews with South African activists, raw video footage documenting mass resistance and police repression, historical documents, rare photographs, and original narratives tell this remarkable story.
• Website: omalley.co.za
  The Heart of Hope, South Africa's transition from Apartheid to Democracy. An easy to use online archive created by University of the Western Cape, Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archive and Padraig O'Malley and the University of Massachusetts Boston
• Website: anc.org.za
  The African National Congress' official website houses a large archive of official documents, letters, biographies, speeches and articles related to Nelson Mandela and the Liberation Struggle. Visit the 'documents' section to access this archive.
• Website: disa.ukzn.ac.za
  The aim of the Digital Innovation South Africa project is to make accessible to scholars and researchers world-wide, South African material of high socio-political interest which would otherwise be difficult to locate and use. This is a great and easy to use archive.
• Website: saha.org.za
  The South African History Archive (SAHA) is an independent non-governmental organization dedicated to documenting and supporting the struggles for justice in South Africa.

In Focus: Nelson Mandela

• Website: thetimes.co.za
  The life of Nelson Mandela. 'The Times' (SA) has put together a great feature celebrating Madiba, the archive includes video's, audio, interviews, pictures etc.
• Website: bbc.co.uk
  Landmarks of Nelson Mandela's life.
• Website: anc.org.za
  Profile of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
• Website: nobelprize.org
  The Nobel Peace Prize 1993.
• Website: pbs.org
  The long walk of Nelson Mandela.
• Website: www.swagga.com
  The Struggle Is My Life.
• Website: time.com
  The TIME 100. Leaders and revolutionaries, Nelson Mandela.

Please note: The links on the left (Mandela's charities and projects)

Text references:

1. Gastrow, S. (1995). Who's Who in South African Politics, Vol. 5, Johannesburg: Ravan Press, pp-137-146.
2. Sampson, A (2000). Mandela. Harper Collings publishers.
3. Sisulu, W; Houser, G; Shore, H (circa 1990s). I will go singing. Robben Island Museum.
4. Mandela, N; Meer, F (1989). Higher than Hope. Madiba publishers.
5. Benson, M. (1966). The Struggle for a Birthright, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
6. Carter, G. et al. (1977). From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1964, Vol. 4, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press.
7. First, R. (ed)(1980). No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela, London: Heinemann.
8. Mandela, N. (1986). The struggle is my life, London: IDAF.
9. Mandela, N. (1995). Long Walk to Freedom, (rev. ed), London: Abacus.
10. 11. Meer, F. (1988). Higher Than Hope: 'Rolihlahla We Love You', Johannesburg: Skotaville.
11. ------- (n.d.). Nelson Mandela: Symbol of a Nation, South Africa: QData Consulting. (CD)
12. Sampson, A. (1999). Mandela: The Authorized Biography, Jonathan Ball: Johannesburg.
13. Schadeberg, J. (1994). Voices from Robben Island, Randburg: Ravan Press.