Madiba A To Z: The Many Faces Of Nelson Mandela Many Faces Of Nelson Mandela

From the makers of the major motion picture __Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,__ a completely unique biography and thematic telling of the story of Nelson Mandela. This book, which provided key source material for the film, is an unexpurgated collection of the views and opinions of South Africa's first Black president, and it draws on Danny Schechter’s forty-year relationship with "Madiba," as Nelson Mandela is known in his native South Africa. Each chapter of this unique portrait corresponds to a letter of the alphabet, and the letters cover major and minor, unexpected and fascinating themes in Mandela’s life and his impact on others: Athlete, Bully, Comrade, Forgiveness, Indigenous, Jailed, Militant, and President, to name a few. The book quotes liberally from Mandela himself, his ex-wives and other family members, global leaders, Mandela's cellmates and guards on Robben Island, the team behind __Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom__, former president F. W. de Klerk, members of the South African Police, and his comrades including his successor Thabo Mbeki. __Madiba A to Z__ reveals sides of Nelson Mandela that are not often discussed and angles of the anti-apartheid movement that most choose to brush under the table in order to focus on the happy-ending version of the story. As Schechter reports in the book, according to Mandela's successor as president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, “the fundamental problems of South Africa, poverty, inequality, have remained unchanged since 1994.” This is partly because, as Schechter writes, “six months before the 1994 elections, when South Africa was being governed jointly by the ANC and the National Party under a Transitional Executive Council (TEC), there were secret negotiations about the economic future.” There are many rarely spoken of revelations in __Madiba A to Z__, a book about Mandela’s brilliance, his courage, his tremendous impact in saving his country and its people of all races, but one that also shows how far South Africa still has to go. "[...] Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela , tells the story from personal experience and goes beyond the surface with a lively sense of humor and deep caring that even we South Africans can learn from." --Ronnie Kasrils, former commander in the armed struggle and South Africa's Minister of Intelligence in the post-apartheid government 16 years went into the making of the forthcoming feature film LONG WALK TO FREEDOM, a fictionalized biopic based on Mandela's bestselling autobiography, coming out November 29, 2013. Danny Schechter, who has spent 40 years getting to know Mandela, was asked to make a non-fiction documentary about the biopic and this book is his companion to the feature, the documentary, and Mandela's life itself. In Schechter's words: "What do we see when we see Nelson Mandela? Many of those who adore him projected on to him a god-like persona as political superman. Others projected on to him the qualities they wanted or... Nelson Mandela,Winnie Mandela,Archbishop Desmond Tutu,Robben Island,Nadine Gordimer,Long Walk to Freedom,Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,documentary,South African history,South Africa,Madiba,Walter Sisulu,Ruth First,journalism,apartheid,Treason Trials,African National Congress Draws From Conversations With Family Members, Former Presidents And Cabinet Ministers, Adversaries, And Mandela's Robben Island Cellmates And Guards To Offer New Insights Into The Life Of The Freedom Fighter. Foreword / Anant Singh -- Introduction : Searching For The Meaning / Danny Schechter -- Athlete -- Bully : Wild Branches -- Comrade -- Diplomat -- Eloquent -- Forgiveness -- Global -- Humble -- Indigenous -- Jailed -- Kafkaesque -- Love And Loss -- Militant -- Negotiator -- Onward -- President -- Questions -- Recognition -- Stalwart -- Terrorist -- Unknown -- Voices Raised Up In Song -- Waiting -- X Factor -- Youth -- Zuid-afrika To .za (internet Domain) -- Postscript For Learners : 6 Lessons From Nelson Mandela. Danny Schechter. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 266-267) And Index. "16 years went into the making of the forthcoming feature film Long Walk To Freedom, a fictionalised biopic based on Mandela's bestselling autobiography. Danny Schechter, who has spent 40 years getting to know Mandela, was asked to make a non-fiction documentary about the filmed biopic. This unique title complements the feature, the documentary, and Mandela's life itself. Madiba A to Z was born ..."-- Publisher Anant Singh spent sixteen years working on the film Long Walk to Freedom and immersed himself in the learning of every aspect of Madiba's long life.