![]() ![]() There was an element of happy ending, which is so unusual in life generally and in particular for a journalist covering a particular story as a correspondent. You had this extraordinary character of Nelson Mandela centre stage, and as a journalist I had the privilege of watching him from front row seats and at times actually talking to him one-on-one. It was a period of immense drama and continual doubt as to whether the country was going to go down the road to war or to peace. Then after that there was Mandela’s release and the very painful birth pangs of the new nation, leading to the elections of 1994. ![]() I arrived in 1989 as a correspondent for The Independent in London, which meant that I caught the last year of full-on, hard apartheid. I was there at an extraordinary time, during the transition from apartheid to democracy. South Africa is the one that left by far the deepest imprint on me. I’ve been based in half a dozen places and I think I’ve actually worked as a journalist in about 50 countries. I’ve mainly been a foreign correspondent. Can you tell us more about how that happened? ![]() Foreign Policy & International Relationsīefore we get to the wonderful selection of books you’ve chosen to understand Nelson Mandela and South Africa: you’ve ended up having a professional interest in South Africa as a writer and journalist for more than 20 years. ![]()
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