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Mandela: An Illustrated Autobiography
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most i
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Hardcover
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Abridged
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208 pages
Published
November 1st 1996
by Little, Brown and Company
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While Mandela's life itself is interesting and he certainly is a "hero" of sorts, I thought the book was rather boring. It read a little like a text book. I love non-fiction, especially biographies, but it took a very long time for me to finish this book.
Livet med politiske briller på. Mest fengende partiene er fra årene på Robben Island. En håndfull ganger kommer mer private følelser til overflaten. Spennende lesing om hvordan han tålmodig og livslangt oppnår begynnelsen av frihet.
A very inspiring interesting story of Nelson Mandela's life. I really liked reading about what the man whent through and how he made changes in the world around him.
La vita di uno tra gli Uomini più conosciuti del XX secolo raccontata dalla voce della Libertà.
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994–99.
Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage, as well as other crimes com ...more
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Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage, as well as other crimes com ...more
