Home of my fathers -- Christian upbringing -- Life at Adams College -- "No grazing in white pastures" -- Call of my village -- Peasants and townsmen -- Two journeys abroad -- Whose is South Africa? -- Hertzog bills -- Programme of action -- Defiance and deposition -- When the chain breaks -- After defiance -- Bans -- Freedom charter -- Treason trials begin -- Long walk -- We regroup -- Huge deceit -- Which route to freedom? -- Postcript: Tempo quickens -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Index