- 385 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A memoir of Mandela's time in office as the first president of a democratic South Africa, completed and expanded with his personal notes and speeches.
"I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended."
In 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first president of a democratic South Africa. From the outset, he was committed to serving only a single five-year term. During his presidency, he and his government ensured that all of South Africa's citizens became equal before the law, and he laid the foundation for turning a country riven by centuries of colonialism and apartheid into a fully functioning democracy.
Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandela's presidential years, drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to leave office, but was unable to finish. Now the acclaimed South African writer Mandla Langa has completed the task, using Mandela's unfinished draft, detailed notes that Mandela made as events were unfolding, and a wealth of unseen archival material. With a prologue by Mandela's widow, Graça Machel, the result is a vivid and often inspirational account of Mandela's presidency and the creation of a new democracy. It tells the story of a country in transition and the challenges Mandela faced as he strove to make his vision for a liberated South Africa a reality.
"Underneath the history that has been made, there is a human being who chose hope over fear?progress over the prisons of the past . . . Even as he became a legend, to know the man?Nelson Mandela?is to respect him even more." —Barack Obama
"A rare human being who, in freeing himself of his demons, also became free to give his extraordinarily leadership to his country and the world." —Bill Clinton
"A critically important document as the principal firsthand record of Mandela's tumultuous time in office and the often ingenious measures he took to bring about peace. . . . the book contains many such practical lessons in governance. Essential to students of Mandela's political career as well as of modern African history." — Kirkus Reviews
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Epigraph
- Prologue by Graça Machel
- A Note to the Reader
- Preface
- One: The Challenge of Freedom
- Two: Negotiating Democracy
- Three: A Free and Fair Election
- Four: Getting into the Union Buildings
- Five: National Unity
- Six: The Presidency and the Constitution
- Seven: Parliament
- Eight: Traditional Leadership and Democracy
- Nine: Transformation of the State
- Ten: Reconciliation
- Eleven: Social and Economic Transformation
- Twelve: Negotiating the Media
- Thirteen: On the African and World Stages
- Epilogue
- Photographs
- Supplementary Information
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Also by Nelson Mandela
- About the Authors
- Newsletter Sign-up
- Contents
- Permissions Acknowledgements
- Copyright