Face The Future - Albert Luthuli Foreword

1960

Albert Luthuli authored a foreword for a pamphlet titled "Face the Future," published by the South African Congress of Democrats. In this text, Luthuli presents a stark challenge to "honest and serious citizens" to undergo an "agonising reappraisal" of the South African situation.

The foreword serves as a call to action against the policy of apartheid and segregation, which Luthuli argues has "screened off" the reality of the majority of South Africans.

Urgency and Crisis: Luthuli describes the publication as striking a "note of urgency and disaster," stating there is "no time, nor room, for cowardly thinking and action".

Rejection of Compromise: He strongly counsels against "false prophets" who suggest compromising with apartheid, famously asking, "What is there to compromise with in apartheid? Compromise with death!".

Call for Unity: Luthuli uses the foreword to thank white South Africans who have joined the struggle through groups like the Congress of Democrats and the Liberal Party, referring to them as "comrades-in-arms".

Vision for the Future: He envisions a "truly non-racial democratic South Africa" where all citizens are "countrymen, equals and friends"

140mm x 215mm

R1,000