The Final Prize by Norman Levy

Updated: 5 Jul 2021

“Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the newspaper file I needed. He was looking at my greying hair and the creases under my eyes, and said quietly, “It’s been a long journey!” He was right! The journey I describe is both personal and political. The politics referred to is not about the science and art of government, but more often about the tensions between principles and political practice. At its core is a lifetime’s struggle with commitment, identity, choice and rejection.

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2013, May 10). The Final Prize by Norman Levy. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0095608

South African History Online (2013) 'The Final Prize by Norman Levy', South African History Online, 10 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0095608 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).

South African History Online, The Final Prize by Norman Levy [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0095608, (accessed 21 July 2026).

"The Final Prize by Norman Levy." South African History Online, 10 May 2013, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0095608. Accessed 21 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The Final Prize by Norman Levy." South African History Online. May 10, 2013. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/R-0095608.