Rivonia’s Children recounts the little-known story of three Jewish families and their remarkable struggle alongside Nelson Mandela against Apartheid, in the era when South Africa’s white-minority regime descended into a brutal police state. Imprisoned, exiled, and in some cases murdered, these activists paid a terrible price for their courage, but their sacrifices helped pave the way for a multi-racial democracy. The new Blue Ear Books edition of Glenn Frankel’s classic account of the cost of freedom is as relevant to today’s struggles for justice and equality as when it was first published a quarter-century ago.
“One of the best of the journalistic accounts of the anti-Apartheid struggle. But Frankel properly digs deeper and forces his readers to acknowledge how evil Apartheid was.” — Rich Mkhondo, The Washington Post
“A scrupulously researched, riveting examination of people who fought to make their country a better place.” — The New York Times

Nonfiction
Rivonia’s Children: Nelson Mandela’s White Comrades and Their Legacy
- From the Publisher
September 1, 2024
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