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James Gregory (7 November 1941 – 2003) was the censor officer and prison guard of Nelson Mandela for many years of his captivity. He later wrote the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend, on which the 2007 film Goodbye Bafana was based.
James Gregory did not have that much direct contact with Mandela. There are a few things that are incorrect. I can tell you that Gregory never smuggled Mandela out in the boot of a car.'...
En el libro Mandela: the Authorised Biography, Sampson acusa a James Gregory, quien murió de cáncer en 2003, de mentir y violar la privacidad de Mandela en su libro Goodbye Bafana. Sampson dijo que Gregory raramente habló con Mandela, sino que censuró las cartas enviadas al prisionero y usó esa información para fabricar una ...
8 de dic. de 2013 · 8 diciembre 2013. Morgan Freeman: ''Uno llega a aprender un montón sobre Mandela sólo en esta historia''. Nelson Mandela vivió una vida plena de drama, lucha y triunfo político, así que no...
Three warders in particular claimed special relationships with Mr Mandela and remained in contact with him following his release from prison – James Gregory, Christo Brand and Jack Swart. Who are these three men, and what exactly was the nature of the connections they established with the late former President?
Goodbye Bafana, or The Color of Freedom ( US ), is a 2007 drama film, directed by Bille August, about the relationship between Nelson Mandela ( Dennis Haysbert) and James Gregory ( Joseph Fiennes ), his censor officer and prison guard, based on Gregory's book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.
Sampson also alleged that Warrant Officer James Gregory, a warder on Robben Island, pretended to have been Mandela's friend while Mandela was imprisoned there, in order to make money. According to Sampson, the close relationship depicted in Gregory's book Goodbye Bafana was a fabrication, and in reality Gregory rarely spoke to Mandela.
