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From one of South Africa’s foremost nonfiction writers comes a deeply researched account of Nelson Mandela’s relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg uncovers the fractures and bonds at the heart of this volatile political marriage that unfolded on the world stage. While Mandela is a celebrated figure of the twentieth century, his marriage to Winnie has received less attention. During his imprisonment, Mandela idealized his wife, expressing his love in letters as if they were young lovers. In contrast, Winnie, a political equal, grew increasingly estranged from his views, secretly attempting to orchestrate an armed seizure of power, a move Mandela feared would lead to civil war. Steinberg narrates the complexities of their marriage—its longings, obsessions, and deceits—transforming South African history into a compelling political biography. This modern epic illustrates how trauma affected not only the couple but the entire nation, presenting a Shakespearean drama where love and commitment intertwine with profound questions of revolution. Steinberg reveals the lengths to which these entwined leaders would go for each other and where they ultimately drew the line, recognizing that their union was not merely a marriage but a contest over the future of the fight against apartheid.

When Asad was eight years old, his mother was shot in front of him. With his father in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that has scattered the Somali people throughout the world. This extraordinary book tells Asadâe(tm)s story. Serially betrayed by the people who promised to care for him, Asad lived his childhood at a sceptical remove from the adult world, living in a bewildering number of places, from the cosmopolitan streets of inner-city Nairobi to towns deep in the Ethiopian desert. By the time he reached the cusp of adulthood, Asad had made good as a street hustler, brokering relationships between hardnosed Ethiopian businessmen and bewildered Somali refugees. He also courted the famously beautiful Foosiya, and married her, to the astonishment of his peers. Buoyed by success in work and in love, Asad put $1,200 in his pocket and made his way down the length of the African continent to Johannesburg, whose streets he believed to be lined with gold. So began an adventure in a country richer and more violent than he could possibly have imagined. A Man of Good Hope is the story of a person shorn of the things we have come to believe make us human âe" personal possessions, parents, siblings. And yet Asadâe(tm)s is an intensely human life, one suffused with dreams and desires and a need to leave something of permanence on this earth.