This chapter deals with the legacies of Nelson Mandela, who passed away in 2013, as portrayed in the memoirs by three of his grandchildren: Ndileka Mandela, Ndaba Mandela, and Zoleka Mandela. The three texts reveal controversies within the family and address the various difficulties the family faced during Mandela’s imprisonment but also address challenges that emerged after his release. Ndileka’s memoir is focused on establishing an identity separate from the Mandela name, whereas Ndaba’s memoir reads more like a tribute to Nelson Mandela’s life. Zoleka centres on her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment, dealing only in passing with the joys and burdens of being a Mandela. The three texts both reinforce Mandela’s image as the nation’s benevolent father and acknowledge the difficulties his long imprisonment created in the family and how his absence is repeated in the lives of so many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who were also raised by grandparents or other relatives. Interrupted family patterns are a central thread through all three memoirs. The memoirs also address family controversies, which to some extent can be seen as mirroring the contested histories of South Africa as a nation.