Awards

• Winner of Audies (Audiobook of the Year) 2015
• Winner of Audies (Original Work) 2015

Overview

Recognized as one of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid ever broadcast (NPR, BBC, CBC, SABC), Mandela: An Audio History tells the story of the struggle against apartheid through rare sound recordings. The series weaves together more than 50 first-person interviews with an unprecedented collection of archival sound: a rare recording of the 1964 trial that resulted in Mandela's life sentence; a visit between Mandela and his family secretly taped by a prison guard; marching songs of guerilla soldiers; government propaganda films; and pirate radio broadcasts from the African National Congress (ANC). Once thought lost forever, Radio Diaries producer Joe Richman unearthed a treasure trove of these historic recordings in the basement archive of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Ultimately, over 50 hours of archival recordings and many more hours of contemporary interviews with the living witnesses to South Africa's turbulent history have gone into the creation of one of the most moving audio documentaries ever produced.Includes a commemorative 32-page booklet featuring historic photos and a complete transcript of the audio program.

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Surprisingly thorough and very compelling. . . . A very fine short history of apartheid very approachable and . . . quite engrossing. DWD s Reviews

Remarkable . . . compelling . . . unique history. AudioFile [Earphones Award Winner] Surprisingly thorough and very compelling. . . . A very fine short history of apartheid very approachable and . . . quite engrossing. DWD s Reviews Surprisingly thorough and very compelling. . . . A very fine short history of apartheid--very approachable and . . . quite engrossing. -- DWD's Reviews Remarkable . . . compelling . . . unique history. -- AudioFile [Earphones Award Winner]

Surprisingly thorough and very compelling. . . . A very fine short history of apartheid--very approachable and . . . quite engrossing. -- DWD's Reviews

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Since 1996, Radio Diaries has been giving people tape recorders and working with them to report on their own lives and histories. Radio Diaries has won every major award in broadcast journalism. Their stories are broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered, This American Life, BBC, and on The Radio Diaries Podcast. Desmond Tutu, OMSG CH is a South African anti-apartheid and social rights activist and Anglican clergyman. He was the first black Archbishop of Cape Town and bishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of Southern Africa). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. Nelson Mandelawas a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He is the author of the international bestsellers Long Walk to Freedom and Conversations with Myself.

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