A Prisoner In His Own Land
Photograph
Nathaniel Nakasa
Maker
A Prisoner In His Own Land
Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Chief Luthuli
November 1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/16 × 5 5/16 in. (23.3 × 13.5 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0108
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Nobel Prize) 11/61 18) A PRISONER IN HIS OWN LAND, Chief \ Luthuli has applied for a visa from the South \ African government to travel to Norway to \ receive the Nobel Peace Prize ($43,400). Ever \ since 1952, Luthuli has been confined to his \ farm in Natal. From here he has tried to run \ the work of the African National Congress, \ sending out long messages laced with Biblical \ phrases. Luthuli is the son of African missionaries in the service of the American \ Congrgationalist Church. He was chief of \ his Zulu tribe from 1935 to 1952. \ Credit: Nathaniel Nakasa © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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