Mandela writes to Zindzi about the pain of missed letters

Mandela wrote to his daughter Zindzi, acknowledging her disappointment with his brief letters and explaining that he too felt the hurt of receiving little or no mail from people he loved. The exchange reveals how prison rules, distance, and censorship shaped emotional life on both sides of the walls. It preserves Zindzi’s experience as a young person separated from both parents during political repression.