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1. Nelson Mandela - Lithographs and Photographs
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5. Lithographs and Photographs
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7. Lithographs by Nelson Mandela
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11. Contents
12. My Robben Island
13. The Window
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15. The Cell
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17. The Church
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19. The Lighthouse
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21. The Harbour
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23. Hand Signed Lithograph
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25. Jurgen Schadeberg Photographs
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29. Hand of Africa
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31. Impressions of Africa
32. Reflections of Robben Island
33. The Guard Tower
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35. Mandela's Walk
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37. The Courtyard
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39. The Ward
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41. The Tennis Court
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43. The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom
44. The Sebastian Hunter Memorial Trust
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48. Back cover
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Text only version of page 39. The Ward
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Belgravia Mandela catalogue Q7:Text 21/5/08 12:51 Page 37 “...On arrival at the prison, al new prisoners were sent to the hospital for medical observation. On arrival one of the political
detainees would feign il ness and thereby gain access to the same space in the hospital where they would share their news with
us. As time passed, the news became less depressing as we realised that the apartheid regime was weakening, that the voice
of our struggle was being heard in the outside world and that a great wave of support was growing for al the people of South
Africa. Today I remember the stark hospital wards with fondness…These memories, like this sketch are fil ed with joyous colours...”
ARTIST’S MOTIVATION 2003
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