An insider'¬"s account, brimming with colorful anecdotes, humor and passion, of South Africa'¬"s turbulent past. Kumalo shares intimate moments of pain and of triumph, in pictures and words. He was the one who escorted Nelson Mandela'¬"s aged mother through the menacing crowds at the Rivonia Trial. He was there at HF Verwoerd'¬"s funeral. He was a guest at Mohammad Ali'¬"s home in Chicago and at the Rumble in the Jungle fight in Kinshasa. Kumalo joined Mandela on his first visit to America as SA president. Kumalo'¬"s life'¬"s work is a visual documentary of a nation'¬"s transformation, but he is also a storyteller of note. His first-person account of historic events and private moments is filled with humor and compassion.

An extraordinary and gripping eyewitness account, featuring amongst others: · Nelson Mandela and his family · Steve Biko · Desmond Tutu · Helen Joseph · Albertina Sisulu · Nadine Gordimer · Nat Nakasa · Muhammad Ali · Ray Charles · Robert Kennedy · Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba · Dizzie Gillespie.