\u201cSouth Africa has jailed so many gifted men and women that there already exists a sizeable body of prison writing ...The essays by Govan Mbeki which comprise this book add to this distinguished list. Yet they differ in important respects from all others: they were written, circulated and preserved in prison. They were never intended for publication but to be read by other prisoners; their aim is not to share an experience but to educate politically. They are remarkable documents. \u201cThey offer historians and political scientists valuable raw material for any study of the ANC-SACP...