Good Morning, Mr Mandela
A Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
Zelda la Grange grew up supporting apartheid. Then she became Nelson Mandela's most trusted assistant. Her story of the lessons he gave her will inspire the world.
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Zelda la Grange grew up supporting apartheid. Then she became Nelson Mandela's most trusted assistant. Her story of the lessons he gave her will inspire the world.
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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. During his presidency she was one of his three private secretaries, and then became an aide-de-camp and spokesperson and managed his office in his retirement. Workingand traveling by his side for almost two decades, La Grange found herself negotiating with celebrities and world leaders, all in the cause of supporting and caring for Mr. Mandela in his many roles.
Here La Grange pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him-a teacher who gave her the most valuable lessons of her life. The Mr. Mandela we meet in these pages is a man who refused to be defined by his past, who forgave and respected all, but who was also frank, teasing, and direct. As he renewed his country, he also freed La Grange from a closed world of fear and mistrust, giving her life true meaning. "I was fearful of so much twenty years ago-of life, of black people, of this black man and the future of South Africa-and I now was no longer persuaded or influenced by mainstream fears. He not only liberated the black man but the white man, too."
This is a book about love and second chances that honors the lasting and inspiring gifts of one of the great men of our time. It offersa rare
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intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela and his remarkable life as well as moving proof of the power we all have to change.
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Autoren-Porträt von Zelda la Grange
Zelda la Grange, geboren 1970, wuchs während der Apartheid in Südafrika auf. Seit 1992 war sie zunächst in verschiedenen Bereichen als Sekretärin für die Regierung tätig. 1994 begann sie, als "Senior Ministerial Typist" im Office des ersten demokratisch gewählten Präsidenten Südafrikas zu arbeiten. 1997 wurde sie zu einer von drei Privatsekretärinnen von Nelson Mandela befördert. 1999 bat Mandela sie, auch nach Ende seiner Amtszeit in seinen Diensten zu bleiben. Seit 2002 arbeitete sie festangestellt für die Nelson Mandela Stiftung. Über 19 Jahre war sie in verschiedenen Funktionen für Nelson Mandela tätig als Schreibkraft, Privatsekretärin, Office-Managerin, als seine Pressesprecherin und stete Gehilfin. Als er im Dezember 2013 starb, war sie seine persönliche Assistentin. Zelda la Grange lebt in Pretoria.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Zelda la Grange
- 2014, 384 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Viking
- ISBN-10: 0525428283
- ISBN-13: 9780525428282
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
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