A selection of quotations from hundreds Kathrada recorded in private notebooks which he kept secretly during his imprisonment - which covered 18 years on Robben Island, and seven years in Pollsmoor Prison. 134pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Prison memoirs of the ANC and SA Communist Party activist. Includes letters smuggled out of jail and provides moving insights into the psychological affects of sensory deprivation and solitary confinement. 202pp, AUSTRALIA. OCEAN, 1876175257

In 1964 the author was arrested and charged under the Suppression of Commu-nism Act. In this personal account she tells the story of her arrest, the little known underground activities that led to it and the years she spent in jail. The book pro-vides a fascinating and intimate insight into the dynamics of prison life for women political prisoners and how it affected their relationships with each other, their families and the warders who controlled their daily routine. B/w illus, 129pp, SOUTH AFRICA. RAVAN PRESS.

The circumstances of loss prompting Rivonia trialist Ahmed Kathrada to write a letter of sympathy to a former flat-mate Abdulhak Bis Bismillah are met with an unexpected reply from Bis's sister. Zuleikha Mayat, a Durban community organizer and editor of the best-selling cookbook Indian Delights, initiates a correspondence with Kathrada that continues until his release ten years later. Virtual strangers, they have in common their small-town Transvaal childhoods in Muslim shops in the early 20th century; and they find much to explore in their different approaches to questions of culture, politics and religion. The letters are written with wit and style, as they discuss both the issues of the day and the sustenance found in memory. 304pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

The story of the author's imprisonment by apartheid authorities for his political activities on behalf of the ANC and his astonishing escape with two fellow prisoners and their flight from South Africa. 333pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA EDUCATION, 1919931503

A original collection of letters some recovered from prison authorities. Although many are written with care to evade the attention of the state, they are carefully annotated and are a valuable resource for students of the liberation movements, in which Kathrada was a major figures. He was jailed in Robben Island, after the Rivonia trial of 1963, when he was condemned along with Mandela, Mbeki, Sisulu, Goldberg and others. He was released in 1989 after serving 26 years in prison and was elected to Parliament in 1994. Introduced by W Sisulu, edited by R D Vassen. Illus [photos], maps, 289pp, USA. MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Denis Goldberg, one of the Rivonia trialists along with Nelson Mandela, served 22 years in an apartheid prison. Following his release he worked for the African National Congress in exile and with the ending of apartheid he founded the charity Community HEART (Health, Education and Reconstruction Training) to assist in the building of a new South Africa. He returned to South Africa as Adviser to the Minister of Water Affairs. In 2009 Denis was awarded the Order of Luthuli in Silver (OLS) by the President of South Africa recognising his contribution to the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Also includes a free DVD with footage of Denis's life and work. Index, b/w photos, 424pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

New edition of this classic account of an anti-apartheid campaigner's imprisonment. This sparsely written and unique record tells of her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instanta-neous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses and interrogators, seen as the tools of the police state. With an introduction by Gillian Slovo. 192pp, UK. VIRAGO.

Well-known anti-apartheid activist's diary of her incarceration in the Fort in Johannesburg in the seventies. Reproductions of paintings done in prison at the time are included. Col illus, 212pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.

Clandestinely written in jail on Robben Island on the eve of the 1976 Soweto Uprising by eight of the liberation struggle's most senior leaders. Highlights include an assessment of the black consciousness movement by Nelson Mandela, and Ahmed Kathrada on Indian South Africans. Also includes profiles of contributors written by Mac Maharaj, portraits by leading South African artists, and a foreword by Desmond Tutu. B/w illus, xvii, 253pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NEW HOLLAND, 1868723542

Charles Yeats had a privileged upbringing as a White South African in the 1970s and 1980s, and seemed destined to remain part of the social elite. However he felt increasingly uncomfortable with the Apartheid regime and moved to London to escape military service. He returned to face arrest as a conscientious objector and was court-martialled and sentenced to the Detention Barracks, where he refused to wear military uniform, and was put in solitary confinement five times. This led to an unprecedented second court martial and a further year's incarceration in the notorious Pretoria Central Prison. During this period he was adopted by Amnesty International as one of their Prisoners of Conscience. Index, 210pp, UK. RIDER.