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South African Journalist ALLISTER SPARKS

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Secret negotiations between South African leaders and Nelson Mandela started in 1986.
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Allister Sparks served as South African Correspondent for The Observer and The Washington Post from 1981 to 1992.
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South African Journalist ALLISTER SPARKS. He's written about secret negotiations that started in 1986 between South African leaders and then-jailed political prisoner Nelson Mandela. The meetings ultimately led to the dismantling of Apartheid. His new book is Tomorrow is Another Country. He served as South African Correspondent for The Observer and for The Washington Post from 1981-1992. He lives in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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