Nelson Mandela's Jailer, Who Grew to Become His Friend

When Christo Brand was 18, the South African Afrikaner was conscripted into the military. He chose to serve as a prison guard, rather than work as a soldier or policeman, and he was given charge of the country's most infamous inmate: Nelson Mandela. He remained Mandela’s guard for 12 years, and in that time, they formed a strong bond, which endured until Mandela’s death. Brand’s memoir is Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend.