DAUGHTERS

enjoy her good and simple food. Gone are the comfortable beds, the warm blankets and clean linen she used to provide.

Do not worry, my darlings, we have a lot of friends; they will look after you, and one day Mummy & Daddy will return. Then we will live peacefully and happily as all normal families do.

With lots & lots of love and a million kisses. Yours affectionately, Daddy him towards the end of July 1962, a few days after I had returned from the trip abroad. Then he was a lusty lad of 17 that I could never associate with death. He wore one of my trousers which was a shade too big & long for him. The incident was significant & set me thinking. As you know he had a lot of clothing, was particular about his dress & had no reason whatsoever for using my clothes. I was deeply touched for the emotional factors underlying his action were too obvious. For days thereafter my mind & feelings were agitated to realise the psychological strains & stresses my absence from home had imposed on the children.

We will all miss him. To lose a mother & a first-born, & to have your life partner incarcerated for an indefinite period, and all within a period of 10 months, is a burden too heavy for one man to carry even in the best of as time. But I do not at all complain my th darling. All I wish you to know is you D are my pride & that of our wide family. em Se B ce

My skin becomes very dry and develops cracks on every occasion after taking a bath, a condition which worsens during winter. In 1967, the physician recommended that I apply Pond’s Cold Cream. I should accordingly be pleased if you would allow me to order, at my own expense, and for as long as is reasonably necessary, the aforementioned Cold Cream.

NELSON MANDELA: 466/64

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ON September 26, 1968, Mandela’s mother, Nosekeni died and he was forbidden from attending her funeral. He was restricted to writing to those who had attended the funerals, offering his deep relief and gratitude. Robben Island inmate With Winnie...