Nelson Mandela - As Cartas da Prisão de Nelson Mandela

Imprisoned in 1962, when the apartheid regime in South Africa intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, the lawyer and activist of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, then forty-four years old, had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years in prison.During his 10,052 days of incarceration, the future leader of South Africa wrote an immense number of letters to the inflexible prison authorities, to fellow activists, to government officials and, above all, to his vigorous wife, Winnie, and their five children.

Now, on the centenary of his birth, 255 of these letters, many of which have never before been made public, are compiled into a volume that organizes them chronologically, dividing them among the four prison institutions through which he passed until his release on February 11, 1990. Illustrated with reproductions of some of his writings, this is a document of exceptional value for understanding one of the most ancient figures of the 20th century, revealing him as a loving father and husband, as a tireless fighter for human rights and, above all, as a man of unwavering courage, who was committed to compromising his values ​​even when confronted with immense suffering.