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Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years

memoir by Mandela

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Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years is a memoir by Nelson Mandela, released posthumously in 2017. It is the unfinished draft of his second volume of memoirs, with the first volume being Long Walk to Freedom. The book was completed by Mandla Langa and covers Mandela's time as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, a period that marked the nation's transition from apartheid to a multiracial democracy. Mandela is renowned for leading the resistance against apartheid and for his role in establishing a peaceful transition to majority rule, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.12

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