Father to a Nation, and to a Family

Zindzi Mandela Reflects on ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’

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By RICK LYMAN

Published: November 27, 2013

Zindzi Mandela’s earliest memory is sitting outside a Pretoria, South Africa, police station in 1962 while her mother, Winnie, delivered a favorite dish to her father, Nelson Mandela, being held inside.

 

“I was 18 months old, but I can really remember that moment, sitting in the car, waiting for my mother to return. I must have sensed somehow that there had been some sort of trauma, and I was very scared. It was taking her so long.”  more