This man is Christo Brand who came to Robben Island in 1978 as an unquestioningly pro-apartheid 18-year-old white prison guard. His experiences with Nelson Mandela brought him to change his views about the man, about racial oppression and his country.
Christo went on to write Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend which is an account of the respect an friendship that lasted until Mandela's death in 2013.
This man is Christo Brand who came to Robben Island in 1978 as an unquestioningly pro-apartheid 18-year-old white prison guard. His experiences with Nelson Mandela brought him to change his views about the man, about racial oppression and his country.
Christo went on to write Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend which is an account of the respect an friendship that lasted until Mandela's death in 2013.