1st Edition
Fallen Walls Prisoners of Conscience in South Africa and Czechoslovakia
Edited By Lynda Gilfillan
Copyright 2004
190 Pages
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Routledge
200 Pages
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Routledge
190 Pages
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Routledge
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This collection of prison writings straddles two continents, and compares and contrasts the political struggles that gave birth to two vibrant new democracies of the twenty-first century: South Africa and the Czech Republic. The triumph over decades of suffering endured by the ordinary citizens of these two countries is symbolized by their leaders, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel. While the... Read more
Foreword, Prelude, 1. Setting the Stage: The Cold War, 2. The Context of the South African Narratives, 3. Joseph Faniso Mati: The Organizer, 4. Johnson Malcomess Mgabela: The Strategist, 5. Monde Colin Mkunqwana: The Analyst, 6. The Context of the Czech Narratives, 7. Jirí Mesicki: The “Mukl”, 8. Lola Škodová: The Idealist, 9. Jirí Stránský: The Rebel, Postscript, Glossary
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Lynda Gilfillan
