Pre 1950 and the 1950s:

Selected articles, documents and speeches:

Please note: We will be adding material to this archive weekly.

» 1944: The Constitution of the ANC Youth League (official document)

» 1944: ANC Youth League's Manifesto (official document)

» December 1951: Presidential Address: Annual Conference of the African National Congress Youth League

» 1952: 'We Defy' by Nelson Mandela, the defiance campaigns aims. Published in 'Drum' magazine.

» 21 September 1953: "No Easy Walk to Freedom": Presidential Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the ANC (Transvaal) Congress

» October 1955: 'People Are Destroyed'. This article appears in Liberation - a 'Journal of Democratic Discussion' - was published in Johannesburg from 1953 to 1959, with D. Tloome as editor. Nelson Mandela wrote a number of articles for the journal.

» June 1956: 'In Our Lifetime'. This article appears in Liberation - a 'Journal of Democratic Discussion' - was published in Johannesburg from 1953 to 1959, with D. Tloome as editor. Nelson Mandela wrote a number of articles for the journal. (No.19)

» February 1956: 'Transkei Revisited'. This article appears in Liberation - a 'Journal of Democratic Discussion' - was published in Johannesburg from 1953 to 1959, with D. Tloome as editor. Nelson Mandela wrote a number of articles for the journal. (No.16)

» June 1957: 'Bantu Education Goes to University'. This article appears in Liberation - a 'Journal of Democratic Discussion' - was published in Johannesburg from 1953 to 1959, with D. Tloome as editor. Nelson Mandela wrote a number of articles for the journal. (No.25, )

» February 1958: 'Our Struggle Needs Many Tactics'. This article appears in Liberation - a 'Journal of Democratic Discussion' - was published in Johannesburg from 1953 to 1959, with D. Tloome as editor. Nelson Mandela wrote a number of articles for the journal. (No.29)

» March 1958: 'A New Menace in Africa'. This article appears in Liberation - a 'Journal of Democratic Discussion' - was published in Johannesburg from 1953 to 1959, with D. Tloome as editor. Nelson Mandela wrote a number of articles for the journal. (No.30)

» May 1959: 'Verwoerd's Grim Plot'. by Nelson Mandela, No.36.

» March 1994: The Future of South Africa. This article by Mandela appears in The Asian Age, 1 March 1994.

 

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