![]() ![]() Their romantic escapades with others did not stop after they got married, either. He was married with children already when they started dating – and she was also dating someone else at the time. ![]() Nelson was quite a bit older than Winnie. I had also been unaware of his wife’s story up until now.Īnd both of them had crazy and convoluted life stories! So I thought it was about time I read a grown-up version of events. But of course, what I had read back then was the children’s version of his story – and it was also a story that was not yet complete. Growing up in the 80s & 90s, I had been aware of Nelson Mandela. ![]() Behind his back, she was trying to orchestrate an armed seizure of power, a path he feared would lead to an endless civil war. But Winnie, every bit his political equal, found herself increasingly estranged from her jailed husband’s politics. During his years in prison, Nelson grew ever more in love with an idealized version of his wife, courting her in his letters as if they were young lovers frozen in time. But in one crucial area, his life remains largely untold: his marriage to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. One of the most celebrated political leaders of a century, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. ![]()
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