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Nelson Mandela's Autobiography Witness History: Archive 2011

    • History

*** This programme was first broadcast on 25 October, 2011 ***
In the mid 1970s Nelson Mandela began writing his autobiography in prison, on Robben Island.
Mac Maharaj was one of the prisoners who helped edit and conceal the manuscript.
Photo: Associated Press, Nelson Mandela before he was imprisoned.

*** This programme was first broadcast on 25 October, 2011 ***
In the mid 1970s Nelson Mandela began writing his autobiography in prison, on Robben Island.
Mac Maharaj was one of the prisoners who helped edit and conceal the manuscript.
Photo: Associated Press, Nelson Mandela before he was imprisoned.

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