“Being Mandela”, starring sisters Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Swati Dlamini, granddaughters of Nelson Mandela, will follow the lives of the two women as well as give viewers an inside look at their close-knit family and personal aspirations. 

It’s a half-hour weekly show that will follow the South African pair – starring Nelson and Winnie Mandela’s granddaughters. 

It won’t be airing in South Africa however; it will air on Cozi TV, the just-launched network from the NBC Owned Stations group in the US. 

Said Meredith McGinn, vp multi-station local programming at NBC Owned Television Stations: 

We are so excited to welcome Zaziwe and Swati to the Cozi TV lineup. Along with our iconic TV series and hit movies, we know that our original programming like Being Mandela will inspire viewers to try out Cozi TV and keep them coming back for more. 

Writes the Hollywood Reporter: 

Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Swati Dlamini are the daughters of Zenani Mandela Dlamini, Nelson and Winnie Mandela’s daughter, and Prince Thumbumuzi Dlamini, a prince of Swaziland. Both women were born in South Africa, but spent much of their youth in exile in the United States while their grandfather was imprisoned. They returned to South Africa as teenagers upon their grandfather’s release from prison in 1991. The duo, now mothers, run their own clothing line called Long Walk to Freedom. 

The show will feature, among other things, their first visit to Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years, as well as their experiences shark cage diving and traveling to Swaziland, where they are full-fledged African princesses. 

“This show is about us and our lives — both as individuals and as members of the Mandela family,” the sisters said in a joint statement. “It offers a window on how we far we have come to re-establish our lives. We are excited to share the story of our lives, and hopefully viewers will be able to appreciate how universal the human story is.”

[Source: HollywoodReporter]