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MANDELA'S FAVORITE FOLKTALES IN AUDIOBOOK: Alfre Woodard to serve as creative director; Goldberg, Smollett to lend voices.
*In honor of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday this week, Artists for a New South Africa (ANSA) announced plans to produce an audiobook version of Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales.
Those already signed on to voice stories include America Ferrera, Whoopi Goldberg, Samuel L. Jackson and Jurnee Smollett. Nobel laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu will record a special message to the world's children that will be featured on the audiobook.
Alfre Woodard, who co-founded ANSA in 1989, will serve as the audiobook's Creative Director.
"I was privileged to be with Nelson Mandela recently in London, where he challenged us, saying, '... our work is far from complete," said Woodard. "Where there is poverty and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are oppressed, there is more work to be done ... after nearly 90 years of life, it is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now.' With this audiobook, ANSA pays tribute to our friend and our hero, Nelson Mandela, on his 90th birthday. It will take the hands of all mankind to lift that burden and carry on the work. We hope you will join in and support this effort."
The audiobook, slated for a Summer 2009 release, will be published and distributed by Hachette Audio, a division of Hachette Book Group USA.
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