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Mandela: The Lost Tapes

By: Richard Stengel
Narrated by: Richard Stengel
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  • Special thanks to the Mandela Foundation. To find out more about the life of Nelson Mandela, visit NelsonMandela.org.

    In 1993, after 27 years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela sat down with ghostwriter Richard Stengel to begin working on Long Walk to Freedom, a critically acclaimed memoir that would become a best seller around the globe.

    Mandela: The Lost Tapes reveals never-before-heard audio from Stengel’s interviews with the Nobel Prize winner, freedom fighter, and former South African president. Hours of rare recordings detail the turning points of Mandela’s life, key moments that shaped a revolution and the man who was to bring freedom to his nation.

    In this Audible Original, Stengel relives his intimate chats with Mandela, attempting to answer the questions ‘What made Nelson Mandela who he is?’ and ‘How can the rest of us be more like him?’

    In Stengel’s own words: “It’s partly the story about how Mandela and I wrote his memoir Long Walk to Freedom. But much more than that, it’s a story about our unusual friendship, my struggle to learn who Mandela really was, and my quest to understand what makes a human being great.”

    Mandela: The Lost Tapes provides an intimate look at who Nelson Mandela was beyond his carefully curated public persona. Through Mandela’s own words, he reveals his extraordinary journey to becoming one of the greatest leaders in modern history.
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    Nov 4 2022

    Special thanks to the Mandela Foundation. To find out more about the life of Nelson Mandela, visit NelsonMandela.org.

    In 1993, after 27 years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela sat down with ghostwriter Richard Stengel to begin working on Long Walk to Freedom, a critically acclaimed memoir that would become a best seller around the globe.

    Mandela: The Lost Tapes reveals never-before-heard audio from Stengel’s interviews with the Nobel Prize winner, freedom fighter, and former South African president. Hours of rare recordings detail the turning points of Mandela’s life, key moments that shaped a revolution and the man who was to bring freedom to his nation.

    In this Audible Original, Stengel relives his intimate chats with Mandela, attempting to answer the questions ‘What made Nelson Mandela who he is?’ and ‘How can the rest of us be more like him?’

    In Stengel’s own words: “It’s partly the story about how Mandela and I wrote his memoir Long Walk to Freedom. But much more than that, it’s a story about our unusual friendship, my struggle to learn who Mandela really was, and my quest to understand what makes a human being great.”

    Mandela: The Lost Tapes provides an intimate look at who Nelson Mandela was beyond his carefully curated public persona. Through Mandela’s own words, he reveals his extraordinary journey to becoming one of the greatest leaders in modern history.
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  • Episode 1: Most Wanted

    Episode 1: Most Wanted
    Dec 1 2022

    Nelson Mandela, the most hunted fugitive in South Africa, is captured. 30 years later, the most famous prisoner in the world, is released.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 2: Underground

    Episode 2: Underground
    Dec 1 2022

    After South African police step up their violent attacks against protestors, Mandela launches a guerrilla movement.
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    23 mins
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Intriguing and intimate

Intriguing and intimate. Listening to Mandela's calm voice, explaining so many subjects. A real gem.

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9 years since your death... we miss you Madiba

South Africa sorely needs someone like Mandela to lead the country from the quagmire of disfunction with which it is badly infected. Nelson Mandela had the charisma to unite the vast majority of people in his country behind ideas of fairness, justice, forgiveness and honour... I so hope we'll get another such leader, sadly Madiba's ANC is a shambles, a shame, a travesty.

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Amazing

Such an honour to hear this and Madiba’s voice again. Thank you to all concerned.

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brilliant

this podcast will become a main source for our understanding of the liberation struggle and of the Rivonia trial.

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Motivating

Hearing him speak cements his ideas of patience, positivity & focusing of good for me. Grateful to have had another opportunity to hear the most important legend of my era.

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Beautiful and memorable

Honest, poignant and moving. Probably the best podcast I have listened to. Don't miss it.

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Nelson Mandela freedom fighter

loved it. want more. hope they release the actual tapes.

insiteful series highly recommended.

may listen again, it's so good.

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Really nice insight and reflections

Very much enjoyed this! Would highly recommend,
Good editing, music and interesting footage! It’s great to hear Mandelas voice in theses. Such important history for us all.

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