num_pages: 384
description: The long-awaited second volume of Nelson Mandelas memoirs left unfinished at his death and never before available are here completed and expanded with notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency making for a moving sequel to his worldwide bestseller Long Walk to Freedom.I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment for with freedom comes responsibilities and I dare not linger for my long walk is not ended.In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the first president of democratic South Africa. Five years later he stood down. In that time he and his government wrought the most extraordinary transformation turning a nation riven by centuries of colonialism and apartheid into a fully functioning democracy in which all South Africas citizens black and white were equal before the law. Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandelas presidency drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to finish his term as president but was unable to finish. Now the acclaimed South African author Mandla Langa has completed the task using Mandelas unfinished draft detailed notes that Mandela made as events were unfolding and a wealth of previously unseen archival material. The result is a vivid and inspirational account of Mandelas presidency: years during which he overcame the challenges of transition and made a reality of his cherished vision for a liberated South Africa.
language: English
title: Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux