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James Gregory (prison officer)

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James Gregory (died 2003) was the censor officer and prison guard of Nelson Mandela for many years of his captivity.

He wrote the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend, on which the 2007 film Goodbye Bafana was based.

Sources

  • Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Little, Brown & Company, 1994, pages 449 and 490
  • BBC news
  • The Post