1986 Desk Calendar (Image #4)

1986-01-06/1986-01-12

The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa

The item consists of 1 printed desk calendar with handwritten notes covering the year of 1986. The calendar was used as a diary by Nelson Mandela while in prison and contains entries concerning matters such as visits, dreams, films, books, personal health and politics.

1 page of a printed desk calendar with handwritten notes covering the year of 1986. The calendar was used as a diary by Nelson Mandela while in prison and contains entries concerning matters such as visits, dreams, films, books, personal health and politics.

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Title: 1986 Desk Calendar (Image #4)
Date: 1986-01-01/1986-12-31, 1986-01-06/1986-01-12
Original Language: English, Afrikaans
Transcript:
1986 January 1.11.85 weight 72 kg, Height 1,80 meters 10 The film “The Killing Fields” violently upsets me. American propaganda film which is intended to put Vitnamese [Vietnamese} in bad light despite the exposure of America’s imperialist aims in the region. 12 Driven out to the gardens by Lt. Barkhuizen & spend an hr seeing various fields. Brig Munro gives instructions for us to keep away from the high-way for security reason.
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Type: Diary/Calendar
Subjects: Prison, Pollsmoor Prison; The Killing Fields (1984); Munro, Fred, Brigadier
Reference code: ZA COM NMPP-PC-2009/5.1-9, 4
Origination: Mandela, Nelson
Originals location: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Accession number 2009/5 Deposited by Nelson Mandela Date received - unknown
Finding aids: Finding aid available
Extent and Medium: 1 printed desk calendar, 1 page of a printed desk calendar
Creator: Mandela, Nelson
Conditions governing reproduction: Copyright held by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Conditions governing access: Access by permission of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Collection: Desk Calendars from Prison