Turning over a new leaf

TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF Longest chapter: 16,408 words 66 Although it was Original manuscript Vs. the published book not published while I was in prison, Africa it forms the basis Mandela wrote the original manuscript in 1975, during his captivity in Robben Island's prison, but was until 1994 when the book was published. is the most used word in the book of this memoir 9 -Mandela HOW MADIBA OVERCAME APARTHEID Original manuscript 18 chapters 182,1 ats Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela's autobiography, in which he describes his life in prison in contrast with the South Africa's social situation, represents a universally recognised human rights milestone. Here is an analytical glimpse into the book and its history. Published book 11 parts, 115 chapters words Family 9% Analysis Bigger leafs means more appereance of an specific word: Longest chapter: 7,844 words The book is divided into 11 parts, Content which in turn are divided into 115 chapters. Those chapters contain more than 245,000 words. Only the first part of the book is more on family. From the second part, the book is about the political and social aspects of REL E V A N T The 10 most relevant words in the book were identified and analized M OS T along its 115 chapters. Those top 10 relevant words are repeated along the book, making a bulk of 3,345 words, which represents a little more than 1% of the 245,473 total words but give a clear lexical tendency. South Africa. SECOND HALF W OR D S 10 Political FIRST HALF Political Captivity T H E Captivity Family Total words by chapter Family Total words by chapter Father 13 1. 49 Chapters 13 3,417 6 13 21 6 . ..... ...... 24 8 17 2,086 12 13 ....... ....... 1,935 15 21 6 4,061 51 12 11 1 10 ****... 2,850 1,819 ****** .....( 52 Rivonia (the trial) 12 2 .....**....... .... 4,794 .... ....... 718 8 53 *.... Part 13 3 4,786 ....... 54 13 ...... .......... 2,500.. 10 3,697 55 ....... 12 5,115 ..... 56 934 2,066 33 .............. Country Childhood 16 ............ 12 ... 6 ............. 57 1,579 .............. ..... ..... 2.694.. 6. 11 ..... ....... 58 **.... ....... ....... 12 5. 4,400... . 2,917 ...... ..........X...........N......... 17 1,460 59 ..... 2,887 60 13 1,316 61 1,415 |11 ***....... ...* 18 62 .......... ....... 5,6 2,225 3 63 13 14 2,543 64 24 ............ 7,184 12 IILHP 10 1........ 3,454 65 Johanesburg 19 11 66 2.482 9. NELSON 67 Robben Island: The dark years 13 2,904 19 MANDELA 3,464 68 2.968 11 24 2,20.. 69 How it was written and smuggled out of prison II 3,536 ........ ... .. 12 11 1,497 4,437 23 1. *******.. ...........** 2. ***.*............... ..... 19 People is the most used word in one Birth of a freedom fighter 13 19 /8 ... 20 6. ........ .... ........ .... ...... ..... 7,844 .....********...........................** 14 1975-1976 Mandela decided to write his autobiography when his comrades Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada suggested it just after his 67th birthday on July 18, 1975. They created an assembly line to process the manuscript with the help of others inmates: ....... .... ....... ..... ..... ....... .......... .... . 12 17 9. ...... chapter 2 2,275 ....... .... ****. ........3 1,128 71 ..... 2,720 * ... ...... .... ......... .... ..... 1,519 До 1,209 72 LONG WALK TO FREEDOM l6)...... . 2,710. Mandela wrote 15 73 Y................. Entraling Mandela emulates the fee great political leaders, sech 887 around 10 pages each night. a Lincoln and Gandhi, whe beyond mere consensus and move out 74 ahead of their followen to eak new gound Donald Woods, Sunday Times 801 771........... 2. 18 )......* 748 75 1,060 76 ....***... Kathrada 19 12 2,829 Excerpt ....... 4,770 20 reviewed the Sisulu Kathrada The stuggle is my life 11 14 47 77 writings and read 22 1,925 it to Sisulu and ...*** 5,596 21 16 78 11 66 I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I Mandela 19 13 12 634 79 was alone. In African culture, the sons and 3 Kathrada wrote their coments 2,056 80 daughters of one's aunts or uncles are considered brothers and sisters, not cousins. We do not make the same distinctions among 22 in the margins 1,827 81 Robben Island: Beggining to hope Chiba Maharaj 13 1,327 : .( 82 (23) 2,667 ... ....... ......... 1,446 relations practiced by whites. 83 A Laloo Chiba and Mac Maharaj transcribed it with miniature handwriting 1,525 ******(84 24) 1,560 A Part 1, chapter 2 1............ 17 1,633 1,550 (85 25 Chiba-Maharaj's transcription 60 pages Mandela's .... ........ 1,606 66 manuscript If our struggle was to succeed, we had to transcend black and white. " C 26 1,363 86 600 pages 1,056 13 27 1,420. B Part 3, chapter 13 28 15 12 15 1,511 66 There was no time or money for a honeymoon, 29 13 87 ..... and life quickly settled into a routine dominated ........ ...... 1,204 5 6 12 2,405 88 ****... 30 15 by the trial. We woke very early in the morning, 689 ...... 1,431 31 89 usually at about four. Winnie prepared breakfast Treason 1779.. 1,768 before I left. 90 32 12 Part 4, chapter 26 ....... 908 33 1.120.. 91 66 Prison not only robs you of your freedom, it ЕНИ 1,161 92 34 1,049 .. ... ...... attempts to take away your identity. Everyone 1,129 93 wears the same uniform, eats the same food, 35 1,607 Talking with the enemy ..... ... ***...... 1,540 94 follows the same schedule. It is by definition a 36 3,308 12 TiesE Pruily purely authoritarian state that tolerates no ....... ........ ***.... 3. 1,371 95 ............ ecd*ianquy 37 635 independence or individuality. As a freedom 38 1,184 ****....... ........ 1,043 96 ... ......**............... fighter and as a man, one must fight against the 39 1,067 9. *.... 10 97 1 4 1,437 prison's attempt to rob one ofthese qualities. " ..... ...... 98 .... ...... It was Maharaj's job to smuggle the manuscript to the outside world. He concealed it in folders and books. In preparation for his release from Robben Island in late 1976, the prison warders packed his possessions, including his books and folders where the manuscript were concealed. 1,692 D Part 6, chapter 52 99 ...... 8 28 910 **........................ 6“ As a young man, I idolised the Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, who took on not only ................ ........ 5. 10 ....... ........ 2,877 5. 100 3. 1,748 his opponents in the ring but racists ....... 11 1977 101 ...... 1,707 ..... 1,301 outside of it. ......... 2 **.......... After six months of house arrest, Maharaj slipped out of the country and headed for the UK. The secret file had been sent on ahead, to be delivered into the safekeeping ofa trusted friend, anti-apartheid activist Rusty Bernstein. ....... 102 $01............ E Part 11, chapter 105 ......N ....... 2,193 896 (103 411...... .. 15 11 1,271 (104 66 The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. " 887 11 .. .......... Mac Maharaj met in London with anti-apartheid activists Rusty Bernstein and Yusef Dadoo. The file was hidden in the Communist **..... ....... .. ** 2,147 (105) 13 Party office where Rusty worked. Maharaj finally had the file in his hands. 12 1,758 (106 1,074 .... ...... F Part 11, chapter 115 .......... 43 12 1,890 "I ripped the covers and out came all these pages. Rusty and Dadoo - both their mouths were agape. It was mission accomplished. We had successfully smuggled it out. It had come out intact."-Maharaj (107 1,511 15 ........... 2,057 108) 44 ....... 21 6 653 (109 1977-1994 1,431 45 6 10 2,509 The Gap: The autobiography wasn't published because Mandela included a critical review of the initial campaigning of the ANC's armed wing, the MK (Umkhonto wa Sizwe), suggesting that the new body had “drained the political organisations of their enthusiastic and experienced men". This was not a view welcomed in exile circles; in London, leaders shelved Mandela's manuscript, vetoing its publication. 36 (110 ..... Sources: .......... 2,737 1,230 111 46 • Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela, 11 17 1,863 112 • Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. 3,994 The Black Pimpernel 47 Freedom 34 ...... _1 • Interview to Ahmed Kathrada, Berkeley University. 1,076 113 • How a secret manuscript became a global bestseller, Karen Allen. 50 ... 2,085 48 1,137 • In praise of Mac Maharaj, The Guardian. 1991-1994 114 • The Man Who Smuggled Mandela's Prison Notes, Bhekisisa Mncube. 10 6 ....... ..... 2,209 Becoming ANC President, Mandela published his autobiography and led negotiations with President FW de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994. The rest is history. • Mandela's communism: why the details matter, Tom Lodge. 6 2.. 21 ..... .... (115) F • Role revealed of Madiba's comrades in Long Walk to Freedom, The Nelson Mandela Foundation. 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