Be forgotten

displayed affection and deep admiration. But she became increasingly wayward. Mandela spoke after their divorce of being the “loneliest man”. But he never shunned her.

Winnie can be correctly criticised for her rogue later life but her courage and radical spirit in adversity should never be forgotten.

Mandela: His Essential Life by Peter Hain will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in July.