-Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Author-
Rivonia’s Children: Nelson Mandela's White Comrades and Their Legacy
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The little-known story of three white, middle-class families and their remarkable struggle against apartheid in the mid-1960s. Rivonia's Children is the harrowing and inspiring account of a handful of white Jewish activists who risked their lives to combat apartheid when South Africa plunged into an era of darkness in the 1960s.
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"At its heart, it's a study of astonishing conviction, courage and sacrifice to turn a society away from its appalling injustice."
Jeb Wyman, editor of What They Signed Up For: True
Stories by Ordinary Soldiers
Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, South Africa, site of the secret headquarters of the resistance movement against apartheid. Its raid by security police in July 1963, led to the trial of Nelson Mandela and 10 of his comrades, who faced the death penalty if convicted. Rivonia's Children tells their dramatic story.