Author:Nelson Mandela
Works
[edit]- No Easy Walk To Freedom (1953)
- Statement from the dock at the Rivonia Trial (1964)
- Unite! Mobilise! Fight On! (1976)
- A Document To Create a Climate of Understanding (1989)
- Address on his release from prison (11 February 1990)
- Nelson Mandela's inaugural address (1994)
- Travel diary from the Rivonia Trial (State v. Nelson Mandela and Others) (transcription project) (1962)
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