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.

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.

1995:

The start of a long journey, 1995 (Introduction to Issue of Forbes Magazine Devoted to the New South Africa)