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In prison with Nelson Mandela

Ahmed Kathrada was one of the ANC activists jailed in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela in 1964. In this edition of Witness he spoke about his time in prison on Robben Island.

Ahmed Kathrada was one of the ANC activists accused of conspiring to overthrow Apartheid at the Rivonia Trial in South Africa in 1964. He was jailed on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and spent almost as long in prison. In this edition of Witness he spoke to Alan Johnston about his time in prison: the petty distinctions that Apartheid imposed on the prisoners according to their race, how they filled their time, and what they missed most. Ahmed Kathrada died in 2017.

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