Nelson Mandela

•  1918 -  born Transkei, South Africa
•  1942 - was qualified in law
•  1944 - joined the African National Congress
•  1948 - was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies
•  1956 - was put on trial for treason
•  1961 - was aquitted
•  1960 - his proposal on the use of violent was cobsidered by ANC
• 1962 - was rearrested
• 1963 - was brought to stand trial to overthrow the government by violence
• 1964- 1982 was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison
• 1991 - was elected president of the ANC

Kevin Gilbert

• 1933 born in Condobolin, New South Wales 

•  Left school at the age of fourteen

•  1957 was sentenced to life imprisonment

•  1968 and 1970 wrote the play and first exhibited his work

•  1973 wrote a "White Man will Never Do It"
•  1977 was awarded the National Book Council

• 1989 His work was included in Narragunnawali at Canberra Contemporary Art Space

• 1992 received Australian Artist fellowship
•  1993  Kevin Gilbert died