A new book debunks some of the myths around former president Nelson Mandela‚ according to those involved in the production of the biography. Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years‚ as the title suggests‚ focuses on the difficult years after the transition to democracy in 1994. It follows the recent controversy over a book about the last years of Mandela’s life before he died in 2013. The book was co-written by award-winning author Mandla Langa‚ who completed Mandela’s unfinished manuscript. Langa took part in a panel discussion on the book at the SA Book Fair in Johannesburg on Sunday. He was joined by Verne Harris of the Nelson Mandela Foundation‚ author and former foundation CEO Achmat Dangor, and academic Victoria J Collis-Buthelezi. Langa said he had delved through 70‚000 words of manuscript and studied archive material to fill in some of the gaps. Harris said Dare Not Linger debunked the myth that Madiba was a mere figurehead in the first democratic administration. "What Mandl...
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