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South Africa today desk calendar (Image #24)

NMF1981-05-17/1981-05-23

The Nelson Mandela Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa

The item consists of 1 printed desk calendar with handwritten notes covering the year of 1981. 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 1981. 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: South Africa today desk calendar (Image #24)
  • Creator: NMF, Mandela, Nelson
  • Date: 1981-01-01/1981-12-31, 1981-05-17/1981-05-23
  • Date Created: 1981
  • Original Language: English, Xhosa
  • Transcript:
    1981 May Morris Temba Mangaba 9.2.59 17 Unity Secretarial services, P.O. BOX 6134, JHB. in English Number of prisoners who are studying 18 Std V 29 JC 102 Matric 127 19 Degree 59 Diploma 17 Total 334 30% of them do not sit for the examination 21 IRA Hunger Strike Mcreesh [McCreesh] dies. Raymond MacCreesh 22 IRA hunger striker Patsy O’Hara dies. Member of ultra-left wing Irish National Liberation Army (24 yrs)
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  • Type: Diary/Calendar
  • Subjects: Prison, Robben Island; Mangaba, Morris Temba; Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA); McCreesh, Raymond; O'Hara, Patsy
  • Reference code: ZA COM NMPP-PC-2009/5.1-5, 24
  • 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
  • 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
The Nelson Mandela Foundation

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