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117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law Paperback - 2009
by Ruth First; Introduction by Angela Davis
An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror byone of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists
An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of theapartheid system, 117 Days presents the harrowing chronicle of journalist RuthFirst's isolation and abuse at the hands of South African interrogatorsafter her arrest in 1963. Upon her arrest, she was detained in solitary confinement underSouth Africa's notorious ninety-day detention law. This is the story ofthe war of nerves that ensued between First and her Special Branchcaptors-a work that remains a classic portrait of oppression and thedignity of the human spirit.
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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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- Title 117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African 90-Day Detention Law
- Author Ruth First; Introduction by Angela Davis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2009-05-26
- ISBN 9780143105749 / 0143105744
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.75 x 5.06 x 0.37 in (19.69 x 12.85 x 0.94 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects First, Ruth, Political prisoners - South Africa
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009002742
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
- Nelson Mandela, at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of Ruth First's murder
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