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Former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa speaks to visitors on March 8, 1999 in his residence in Houghton. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

Winnie & Nelson is a shattering, revelatory account of a relationship that shaped South Africa’s journey to freedom. Jonny Steinberg speaks to Hlonipha Mokoena about Winnie and Nelson’s unique marriage – its longings, its obsessions, its deceits – in this page-turning political biography.

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