(CNN)-- In a rare and candid interview, CNN's Robyn Curnow spoke to Nelson Mandela's wife of 10 years, Graca Machel, to find out more about the man from the person who arguably knows him the best.

"I part from my wife with ... both Winnie and Nelson for decades and talks about the courtship, early years of marriage and the evolution of their relationship. Duarte was Mandela's personal ...

Graca Machel was Nelson Mandela’s champion and companion right up to his death. MANY South Africans will say they have lost their tata, as in father. But amid the outpouring of emotion in ...

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