One of the most celebrated political leaders of our time, Nelson
Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But
in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
During his years in prison, Nelson grew ever more in love with an
idealised version of his wife, courting her in his letters as if they
were young lovers frozen in time. But Winnie, every bit his political
equal, found herself increasingly estranged from her jailed husband’s
politics. Behind his back, she was trying to orchestrate an armed
seizure of power, a path he feared would lead to an endless war.
Jonny Steinberg tells the tale of this unique marriage – its longings,
its obsessions, its deceits – making South African history a
page-turning political biography. Winnie and Nelson is a modern epic in
which trauma doesn’t affect just the couple at its centre, but an
entire nation.
It is also a Shakespearean drama in which bonds of love and commitment
mingle with timeless questions of revolution, such as whether to seek
retribution or a negotiated peace. Steinberg reveals, with power and
tender emotional insight, how far these forever-entwined leaders would
go for each other and where they drew the line. For in the end, both
knew theirs was not simply a marriage, but a struggle to define
anti-apartheid policy itself.
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