First published in 1965, 117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation under South African Ninety-Day Detention Law, is Ruth First's account of her imprisonment by the Government of South Africa. She was the wife of Joe Slovo, leader of the Communist Party in South Africa, and one of the first to be imprisoned during the crackdown of the 1960s. After her release, she continued to oppose the government until a letter bomb killed her in 1982. Her story of imprisonment is the story of a white South African who opposed apartheid.
A recent account of South Africa's treatment of blacks is the 1987 novel by John Briley, Cry Freedom. Later made into. a film by the same title, this work tells the true story of Donald Wood, a concerned white journalist, who is trying to.....
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