After serving twenty-six years of a life sentence, Ahmed Kathrada smuggled more than 300 letters out of South Africa’s famous Robben Island, where he served time with noted figures Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. Kathrada joins Kojo to discuss his life and letters — from his early years to his election to South Africa’s first freely elected parliament.

Guests

  • Ahmed Kathrada Former political prisoner and Member of South African Parliament; author "Memoirs"

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