Images of Mandela and South Africa
Mandela: An Audio History

 

A five-part radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings, the voice of Nelson Mandela himself, as well as those who fought with him, and against him.

  • A recording of the 1964 trial that resulted in Mandela's life sentence
  • A visit between Mandela and his family secretly recorded by a prison guard
  • Marching songs of guerilla soldiers
  • Government propaganda films
  • Pirate radio broadcasts from the African
    National Congress
  • Interviews with former ANC activists, National Party politicians, army generals, Robben Island prisoners,
    and ordinary witnesses to history

 

CDs of Mandela: An Audio History are now available.

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Hosted by Desmond Tutu with an introduction by Nelson Mandela.


Mandela: An Audio History was originally broadcast on National Public Radio in the U.S. and SAfm in South Africa.

“We thought five years and we would be out, that the struggle would be over. We never thought it would last another 30 years."

—Ahmed Kathrada, sentenced to Robben Island with Nelson Mandela in 1964

Produced by Radio Diaries

For more info:
Joe Richman
joe@radiodiaries.org

 


Mandela: An Audio History was funded by The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Copyright Radio Diaries, 2004
Photos courtesy Mayibuye/Robben Island

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