The first-ever book to tell Nelson Mandela’s life through the eyes of the grandson who was simply raised by him, chronicling Ndaba Mandela’s life living with, and learning from, one of the greatest leaders and humanitarians the world has ever known.

To all of those other globe, Nelson Mandela was a giant: an anti-apartheid revolutionary, a world-renowned humanitarian, and South Africa’s first black president. To Ndaba Mandela, he was simply ‘Granddad.’ In Going to the Mountain, Ndaba tells how he about Likely to the Mountain: Lifestyle Lessons from My Grandfather, Nelson Mandela came to live with Mandela shortly after he changed eleven–having met each other only one time, years before, when Mandela was imprisoned at Victor Verster Prison–and the way the two of these gradually, cautiously built a romantic relationship that would impact both their lives in remarkable ways.

It wasn’t an easy transition. Mandela experienced high expectations for all those around him, especially his family members, and Ndaba chafed at the rigorous rules and exacting guidelines in his grandfather’s home. But at the same time–through overheard calls from international dignitaries as well as the Xhosa folk intelligence that his grandfather shared with him at every opportunity–Ndaba was learning how exactly to be a guy. On a level both personal and epic, Ndaba’s incredible journey mirrors that of South Africa’s arriving of age–from the segregated Soweto ghettos into which he was born towards the privileged lifestyle where he was raised as well as the turbulent yet exciting times in which he keeps on his grandfather’s legacy.

Going to the Mountain is, in the end, a tale about unlocking the power within each of us. It’s a cautionary tale about how a child’s existence can go one of many ways or the other, dependant on the intervention of the caring soul–and about the awesome power of love to serve as a catalyst for modify.