La Grange, Zelda creator author. text biography nyu 2014 monographic eng

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xiv, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm One of Mandela's three private secretaries and now working for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, "La Grange pays tribute to Nelson Mandela as she knew him: a teacher who gave her the most valuable lessons of her life. The Mr. Mandela we meet in these pages is a man who refused to be defined by his past, who forgave and respected all, but who was also frank, teasing, and direct. As he renewed his country, he also freed La Grange from a closed world of fear and mistrust, giving her life true meaning"--Amazon.com. Prologue : Zeldina -- Part 1. 'If it isn't good, let it die,' 1970-1994. Childhood -- Change -- Part 2. Start of a new dawn, 1994-1999. Meeting Mr Mandela -- Working for a president -- Travelling with a president -- Running to keep up -- Part 3. Gatekeeper to the most famous man in the world, 1999-2008. Travel and conflict -- Working with world leaders -- Holidays and friends -- The biggest fundraiser of my life -- Part 4. What next? 2009-2013. Staying until the end -- Saying goodbye -- Tot weersiens Khulu! Zelda la Grange. "A memoir"--Dust jacket. f-sa--- La Grange, Zelda Friends and associates La Grange, Zelda Political and social views Mandela, Nelson 1918-2013 Mandela, Nelson 1918-2013 Friends and associates Private secretaries South Africa Biography South Africa Politics and government 1994- South Africa Social conditions 1994- DT1972.L34 A3 2014b 968.065/092 B 9780525428282 0525428283 2015301192 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015301192-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015301192-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1602/2015301192-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015301192-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1508/2015301192-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1602/2015301192-s.html YDXCP 150206 20250129112542.0 18483029 eng