Nelson Mandela’s testimony at the Treason Trial 1956 – 1960
PROSECUTION: Do you think that your People’s Democracy could be achieved by a process of gradual reforms? Suppose, as a result of pressure, the ruling class were to agree next month to…
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Mandela’s call after the Soweto uprising, 1976
Unite! Mobilise! Fight on! Between the anvil of united mass action and the hammer of the armed struggle we shall crush Apartheid! RACISTS RULE BY THE GUN! The gun has played an…
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Mandela on behalf of ANC delegation to conference of Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa, January 1962
The delegation of the African National Congress, and I particularly, feel specially honoured by the invitation addressed to our organisation by the PAFMECA to attend this historic conference and to participate in…
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Nelson Mandela at Natal Peace Conference, 23 August 1953
Africa, colonialism and war. The events now taking place in Africa constitute the most serious threat to the peace, security and the freedom of the people of this Continent. For years now, the…
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Nelson Mandela at Annual Conference of the African National Congress Youth League, December 1951
It is always a most difficult task to deliver a presidential address to an organisation such as ours. One is expected to give as comprehensive a picture as possible of the political…
