117 Days

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117 Days

An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law

Author: Ruth First

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Language: English

Published by: Penguin Classics

Published on: 26th May 2009

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 383 Kb

ISBN: 9781101050873


An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa''s pioneering anti-apartheid activists

An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist Ruth First''s isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogators after her arrest in 1963. Upon her arrest, she was detained in solitary confinement under South Africa''s notorious ninety-day detention law. This is the story of the war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branch captors-a work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and the dignity of the human spirit.

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