Short description
The classic account of confinement and interrogation in South Africa by the woman who dedicated her life to the fight against Apartheid.
Long description
The classic account of confinement and interrogation in South Africa by the woman who dedicated her life to the fight against Apartheid. A militant member of both the African National Congress and the South African communist party, Ruth First was detained under the iniquitous '90-day' law of 1963. There was no warrant, no charge, and no trial - only suspicion. This is her personal account of her months in prison - her experiences of solitary confinement, constant interrogation and instantaneous re-arrest on release - lightened by humorous portraits of governors, matrons, wardresses and interrogators, seen as the tools of a police state.