| recordings |
|---|
| Foreword / Dedication / Acknowledgments / Chapters 1–115 / Inauguration / Afterword / Interview | | Kofi Annan / Nelson Mandela narrated by Michael Boatman / Nelson Mandela / Sharon Gelman / Richard Stengel interviewed by Amber Fairweather | 27:39:34 |
| Part Eight: "Robben Island: The Dark Years", Part 2 / Part Nine: "Robben Island: Beginning to Hope" / Part Ten: "Talking With the Enemy", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 42:02 |
| Part Five: "Treason", Part 2 / Part Six: "The Black Pimpernel", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 42:06 |
| Part Four: "The Struggle Is My Life", Part 2 / Part Five: "Treason", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 42:50 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood" / Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 45:36 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 5:44 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 2 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 4:11 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 3 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 5:37 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 4 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 5:05 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 5 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 4:36 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 6 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 5:05 |
| Part One: "A Country Childhood", Part 7 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 8:31 |
| Part Seven: "Rivonia", Part 2 / Part Eight: "Robben Island: The Dark Years", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 44:32 |
| Part Six: "The Black Pimpernel", Part 2 / Part Seven: "Rivonia", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 44:23 |
| Part Ten: "Talking With the Enemy", Part 2 / Part Eleven: "Freedom" | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 40:37 |
| Part Three: "Birth of a Freedom Fighter", Part 2 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 6:18 |
| Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 7:18 |
| Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 2 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 3:23 |
| Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 2 / Part Three: "Birth of a Freedom Fighter" / Part Four: "The Struggle Is My Life", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 44:35 |
| Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 3 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 3:59 |
| Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 4 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 4:04 |
| Part Two: "Johannesburg", Part 5 / Part Three: "Birth of a Freedom Fighter", Part 1 | partial | Nelson Mandela & Richard Stengel read by Danny Glover | 4:16 |
