The author recalls his personal experiences growing up under South African Apartheid during the 1970s, the poverty and oppression of living in the ghettos of Alexandra, and of those who helped him escape from it.
With an emphasis on her early years, covers the life of the South African woman who married a prominent fighter for racial equality in South Africa and later became a leader in her own right.
An illustrated narrative of Nelson Mandela's fight against oppression in South Africa, from his imprisonment for public protest after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, to his release from prison and election as president in the 1990s.
A biography of Nelson Mandela, his lifelong struggle against the system of apartheid and years of imprisonment followed by his 1994 victory as South Africa's first black president.
Tells the story of the life of Nelson Mandela, the son of a tribal chief in South Africa whose belief in standing firm for what is fair and just led him to become a leader in his country against the system of apartheid.
A biography of Nelson Mandela, civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa, told in the context of his country's modern history.
Presents the lives and careers of the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress and his wife, an activist in the struggle for black majority rights in South Africa.
A biography of the Black South African leader who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa, told in the context of the history of his country.