Mandela my prisoner, my friend
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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | First published as "Doing Life With Mandela" in Great Britain by John Blake Publishing Ltd. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 272 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781250055262 (hardcover) 1250055261 (hardcover) |
| Author Notes: | CHRISTO BRAND is the son of a farm foreman from rural South Africa. He served as Nelson Mandela's prison guard for 12 years, primarily on Robben Island. Today, he still works on Robben Island, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. As manager of the site's retail outlets, Christo has been known to reminisce to visitors about his time guarding Mandela and even to give the occasional tour. He lives in Cape Town with his wife, Estelle, and son, Heindrick. His eldest son, Riaan, passed away in 2005. BARBARA JONES is the Africa Correspondent for the Mail on Sunday newspaper. She has covered Nelson Mandela since she first met him in 2000. Originally from England, she learned journalism the old fashioned way working her way from weekly to evening newspapers before joining the Mail on Sunday. She has two sons and lives in Cape Town, South Africa. |
