Ahmed Kathrada Interviews with Nelson Mandela

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Ahmed Kathrada Interviews with Nelson Mandela

https://atom.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/za-com-mr-rt-053

These recordings were generated in the preparation and editing of the "Long Walk to Freedom" book and Anthony Sampson's authorised biography. In both of these projects, Ahmed Kathrada worked closely with Sampson and Stengel (who provided professional support for "Long Walk to Freedom") and Mandela. Transcription and digitisation is in process. One transcribed extract (extract 5) relates to the Rivonia Trial as Mandela tells Kathrada about a conversation he had with a warder at Pretoria Local Prison during the trial about the fate of the accused. There may be references to the Rivonia Trial in other recordings and in NMPP2009/57 Rick Stengel Interviews with Nelson Mandela.

Approximately 100 hours of conversation

eng, Latn

Nelson Mandela Foundation

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11619539

Nelson Mandela Foundation

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Kathrada, A. M. (Ahmad M.), 1929-2017

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6x95fch (person)

Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada, also known as Kathy Kathrada (b. Aug. 21, 1929–d. Mar. 28, 2017) was an anti-apartheid activist, politician, political prisoner, and MP in South Africa. He was a leading member of the ANC and of the SACP; founding member of the Transvaal Indian Volunteer Corps and its successor, the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. Kathrada was imprisoned on Robben Island, 1964–82, then Pollsmoor Prison until his release on 15 October 1989. He served as a MP from 1994, after South Africa’...

Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs6hck (person)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b. July 18, 1918, Umtata, South Africa–d. Dec. 5, 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconc...