News – Publications

Malibongwe book released

Book records three dialogues on the roles and challenges of South African women

7 December 2009 | Category: Dialogue for Justice, Publications

December 7, 2009 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has released a book celebrating the three Malibongwe Dialogues that the Foundation has convened over the last three years.

Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales nominated for a Grammy

Audio book helps children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS

4 December 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

December 4, 2009 – The audio book Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales has been nominated in the category Best Spoken Word Album For Children for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Madiba’s life story published for children

Macmillan launches children’s version of Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom in celebration of International Literacy Week

9 September 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

September 9, 2009 – To mark International Literacy Week, Macmillan in association with the READ Trust and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have launched a children’s version of Mr Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.

Paper Wars launches on Mandela Day

Paper Wars documents the challenges that South Africans face when using the country’s access to information legislation

21 July 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

July 21, 2009 –Mandela Day was not only a day for South Africans to get involved in community-based activities; it was also an appropriate day for the launch of Paper Wars: Access to Information in South Africa, a book that explores the contested terrain of access to information in post-apartheid South Africa.

The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialogue had provided research support to the book.

Hunger for Freedom wins prestigious award

Cookbook about the role of food in Nelson Mandela’s life wins the food book “Oscar”

2 July 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

July 2, 2009 – Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela has won a Special Jury prize in the “Oscars” of food books from around the world.

The prize for the book, published by Jacana Media in association with the Nelson Mandela Foundation in 2008, was presented at the 14th Gourmand World Cook Book Awards ceremony in Paris, France yesterday evening.

Ahmed Kathrada’s book short-listed for award

Foundation trustee’s book collects thoughts and memories from his years in prison

4 June 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

June 4, 2009 – The latest book by Nelson Mandela Foundation trustee Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, who is a long-time friend and comrade of Nelson Mandela, has been short-listed for the prestigious Alan Paton Award.

A Simple Freedom: The Strong Mind of Robben Island Prisoner No. 468/64, published in 2008, contains a fusion of the quotations and passages collected by Kathrada during his 26 years in prison with visual images and “epiphanies of his own memories”.

Anthony Sampson honoured at Nelson Mandela Foundation

Sampson family hand over his South African library to the Centre of Memory

20 February 2009 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

Feb 20, 2009 – The autobiography of the late Anthony Sampson, The Anatomist, was launched at the Nelson Mandela Foundation last night. The event marked not only the publication of Sampson’s memoirs but also the handing over of Sampson’s library of South African books to the Centre of Memory.

Born on August 3, 1926, in Billingham, England, Sampson is regarded as one of the greatest journalists and writers of his time.

Nelson Mandela Foundation book wins award

Cookbook about food in Madiba’s life is voted the best in South Africa

18 December 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

Dec 18, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation is pleased to announce that one of the two books it released in 2008 to coincide with Mr Mandela’s 90th birthday has been honoured with an international award.

Hunger for Freedom: The Story of Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela by Anna Trapido and published by Jacana Media, in association with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, is the South African winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award.

Zapiro leaves his mark

South Africa’s premier political cartoonist pays tribute to Madiba

18 November 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

November 19, 2008 – An exhibition of cartoons of Nelson Mandela by Zapiro has opened as the last of six exhibitions to commemorate Mr Mandela’s 90th birthday celebrations.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s CEO, Achmat Dangor, launched the exhibition at the Foundation offices. Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) talked about his interactions with Madiba, both in print and in person.

Food and comics tell Mr Mandela’s story

A new take on history attracts international attention

1 October 2008 | Category: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, Publications

Oct 1, 2008 – Nelson Mandela must be one of the best-documented historical figures internationally, with no shortage of reading material telling his heroic life story.

The two most recent authorised additions to a long list of published books about his life, however, take a decidedly different approach to the story of the first president of democratic South Africa.

Launched on July 5 and July 16, 2008 respectively, A Hunger for Freedom and Nelson Mandela: The Authorised Comic Book take a refreshing new look at the life of Madiba.