Gandhi's African Legacy: Phoenix Settlement, 1904-2024, a History Through Letters, by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie

In 1904 Gandhi bought land outside Durban and founded the Phoenix Settlement, a self-sufficient community where he worked out the ideas of satyagraha and printed Indian Opinion. After he left South Africa the settlement carried on for more than a century: as a home for his family, a school and clinic, a meeting place for activists under apartheid, and, after it was badly damaged in 1985, a heritage site rebuilt after 1994.

Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, a historian and Gandhi's great-granddaughter, tells its story through letters. Illustrated, with maps.

Author: Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
Publisher: UWC Press (distributed by African Sun Media)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 660