Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 4 - Chapter 10 Page 8

The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa

This item consists of 23 handwritten pages in black pen, numbered 1 - 22. The chapter is not numbered. There is an insertion written on a torn half page and placed between pages 8 and 9. Page 22 is also written on a torn half page. The section on problems with traditional leaders has more information than the previous version, and a paragraph on the education of sons of traditional leaders has been added.

This item consists of 8 of 23 handwritten pages in black pen, numbered 1 - 22.

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Title: Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom - Revision 4 - Chapter 10 Page 8
Date: 1985/2002
Original Language: English
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in my area are you going to say Bophuthaswana is a Bantustan?” I assured him that everybody knows that his is a Bantustan and that would be the theme of our speeches. He then staid that in that case we would be in trouble. His people would feel insulted and he could not guarantee our safety. We told him that we were confident that we would be able not only to protect ourselves; in fact we would win the majority of the people of that area. But we could not con- vince him. It was a draw. On several occasions thereafter I invited him to Johannesburg and tried to persuade him without success. He is one of the most difficult and unpredictable politicians I have met. * I also experienced serious problems in the Transvaal Province in the Lebowa Bantustan under Nelson Ramodike, who was the Chief Minister of that Bantustan. There were two
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Type: Book
Repository: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Reference code: 4, 8
Origination: Mandela, Nelson
Originals location: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Donation of the Office of Nelson Mandela
Finding aids: Finding aid available
Extent and Medium: 23 handwritten pages, 1 handwritten page
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: Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom
Chapter revision: 4
Chapter: 10
Book: Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom
Alternate forms available: All chapters have been scanned and saved on disk: NMF DOCS 0019