<p>Pub Date: 2014-03-03 Pages: 288 Language: English Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd 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 countrys 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. Christo. a gentle young man who valued ordinary de...</p>

Doing Life with Mandela

Christo Brand

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Doing life with Mandela: My prisoner, my friend

Barbara Jone

Jonathan Ball Publishers

Nelson Mandela as he has never been seen before. His life s sacrifices recounted in vivid detail by the prison guard with whom he became lifelong friends.Raised in a multi-ethnic farming community, Afrikaner Christo Brand was confused and saddened when he first confronted the realities of South African apartheid. Conscripted into the military at 18, Brand chose to serve as a prison guard rather than embrace the brutality and danger inherent in the work of soldiers and policemen. Assigned to the maximum security facility on remote Robben Island, Brand was given charge of the country''s most infamous inmate: Nelson Mandela.For 12 years Brand watched Mandela scrub floors, empty his toilet bucket, grieve over the deaths of family and friends yet remain as strong as any freedom fighter in history. Won over by Madiba''s charm and authentic concern for the well-being of others, Brand became Mandela''s confidante and at times accomplice. Celebrating triumphs and suffering through many setbacks, the two men formed an unlikely bond, one that would endure until Mandela''s death.Told with candor and reverence, Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend is both a meditation on friendship and a moving testament to the dedication, determination and most of all humanity exuded by one of the world''s great leaders.

Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend

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