CONTENTS

        FOREWORD: ZAMASWAZI DLAMINI-MANDELA

        INTRODUCTION

        A NOTE ON THE LETTERS

        NELSON MANDELA’S PRISON NUMBERS

Pretoria Local Prison,

        November 1962–May 1963

Robben Island Maximum Security Prison,

        May 1963–June 1963

Robben Island Maximum Security Prison,

        June 1964–March 1982

Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison,

        March 1982–August 1988

Tygerberg Hospital & Constantiaberg MediClinic,

        August–December 1988

Victor Verster Prison,

        December 1988–February 1990

        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

        Appendix A: Glossary

        Appendix B: Prison Timeline

        Appendix C: Map of South Africa, c.1996

        ENDNOTES

        LETTERS AND COLLECTIONS

        ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

        PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

        INDEX