Ruth First – Voices of Liberation

The struggle to free South Africa from its apartheid shackles was long and complex. One of the many ways in which the apartheid regime maintained its stranglehold in South Africa was by controlling the freedom of speech and the flow of information in an effort to silence the voices of those who opposed it. United by the ideals of freedom and equality but also nuanced by a wide variety of persuasions, the voices of liberation were many: African nationalists, communists, trade unionists, pan-Africanists, English liberals, human rights activists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Jews, to name but a few.

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format:

210mm x 148mm (Soft Cover)

Pages:

192

ISBN-13:

978-07969-2359-2

Publish Year:

2012

Rights:

World Rights

HER LIFE
Early years
University
The Congress Alliance
Life in exile

HER WRITING
Africans turned off the land
Pretoria conquered by the women!
Pass books for women issued in Winburg
Alexandra: where the pass laws breed murder
The new slavery
Tens of thousands flock to Mai Mai daily
Anti-pass protests shake the land
Potato boycott launched
Farm slave scheme cracks
In the presence of history
South Africa today
Our duty as we see it
From the Freedom Charter to armed struggle
After Soweto: a response
Revolutionary propaganda at home and abroad: discussion guide note
The gold of migrant labour
Gentlemen and officers
The cell

HER LEGACY
Bibliography
Photo credits

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