Giants come in all sizes
21 May 2015 - 02:08
It's good to see an old shipmate inducted into a hall of fame. Dikembe Mutombo and I sailed together twice, to Robben Island and back. Not a voyage of Joseph Conrad dimensions, you'll agree, but memorable.For the basketball great it was an opportunity to visit Nelson Mandela's place of incarceration a few years after the great man's release; for me, the chance to interview a famously elusive subject.
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