Good Morning, Mr Mandela, Zelda la Grange
Good Morning, Mr Mandela, Zelda la Grange
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Good Morning, Mr Mandela
A Memoir

Author: Zelda la Grange

Narrator: Adjoa Andoh

Unabridged: 14 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2014


Synopsis

A white Afrikaner, Zelda la Grange grew up in segregated South Africa, supporting the regime and the rules of apartheid. Her conservative family referred to the imprisoned Nelson Mandela as “a terrorist.” Yet just a few years after his release and the end of apartheid, she would be traveling the world by Mr. Mandela's side, having grown to respect and cherish the man she would come to call “Khulu,” or “Grandfather.”

Good Morning, Mr Mandela tells the extraordinary story of how a young woman's life, beliefs, prejudices—everything she once believed—were utterly transformed by the man she had been taught was the enemy. It is the incredible journey of an awkward, terrified young secretary in her twenties who rose from a job in a government typing pool to become one of the president's most loyal and devoted associates.

This audiobook offers a rare, intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela and his remarkable life as well as moving proof of the power we all have to change.

Includes an introduction read by the author as well as an author interview.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trish on July 06, 2014

This very unusual and intimate portrait of Zelda la Grange’s time with Nelson Mandela as his personal secretary is as heartbreaking as it is memorable. Zeldina, as Madiba chose to call her, was applying for a typist job in the new ANC government in 1994 when word came that the President’s office nee......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on April 17, 2016

An interesting read, but in need of a strong editor.......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on July 22, 2014

Written with such love and compassion for Mr Mandela! The writing style is unmistakably amateur, but one needs to go beyond that. This is a very personal account of Zelda's relationship with Mr Mandela over her 18 years of dedicated service. There is naturally a lot left unsaid... As it should be. H......more