At the nadir of the history of the African National Congress, with its leadership in prison or exile and repression having almost broken the movement on the ground, young communists and socialists, recruited in London, went into the country clandestinely to diffuse propaganda leaflets, letters, and recorded speeches from the leadership. This story was kept secret for forty years until a number of the recruits wrote their stories and, on their return visit to launch the book, found themselves received as heroes – to their great surprise.
