Ten Doors

Tim Jenkin was a member of the ANC (African National Congress). The
organization had been declared unlawful in South Africa, seen by
the white minority as a threat to public order. In 1978, Tim Jenkin
was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating
anti-apartheid material and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Just
before he was convicted, someone gave him a book called Papillon,
by Henri Charrière, which he said “was really a manual of escape.”
Along with two other incarcerated activists, Stephen Lee and Alex
Moumbaris, he began to secretly collect materials and cash,
following instructions from the book. Tim Jenkin knew that the only
way to open the many locked doors between him and the outside world
would be to find a way to make some keys. Lots of keys. Tim
Jenkin’s book is Escape from Pretoria. Say hello on Twitter,
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