Mandela
my prisoner, my friend
by Christo Brand
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Christo Brand was a South African farm boy, born into the Afrikaans culture which had created apartheid to persecute black people and claim superiority for whites. Nelson Mandela, also raised in a rural village, was the black son of a tribal chief. He trained as a lawyer to take up the fight against apartheid on behalf of a whole nation. Their opposing worlds collided when Christo, a raw recruit from the country's prison service, was sent to Robben Island to guard the notoriously dangerous terrorists there. Mandela was their undisputed leader. The two of them, a boy of 18 and a long-suffering freedom fighter then aged 60, could well have become bitter enemies. Instead, they formed an extraordinary friendship through small human kindnesses.
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Politics and government, Correctional personnel, Race relations, Friends and associates, Pollsmoor Prison (South Africa), Anecdotes, Political prisoners, African National Congress, Biography, Mandela, nelson, 1918-2013, Political prisoners, africa, South africa, biography, South africa, politics and government, South africa, race relations| Edition | Availability |
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Mandela: my prisoner, my friend
2014, John Blake, John Blake Publishing Ltd
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Mandela: my prisoner, my friend
2014, Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
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Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend
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After more than a decade as a prison guard overseeing Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), Brand, with the assistance of Mail on Sunday Africa correspondent Jones, chronicles the unlikely personal relationship they built.
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