Chancellor House

This guide to Chancellor House in Johannesburg centers on the law practice Nelson Mandela opened here in 1952, soon joined by Oliver Tambo, the only African-owned firm of its kind under apartheid. It follows the queues of clients fighting pass-law arrests, the Essa family who took the risk of renting to them, and the partnership's end after the 1956 treason-trial arrests. Look up at the second-floor window where sandblasted letters once spelled out both lawyers' names.