How do you retell the well-worn life story of a national icon? One way is this: a palimpsest of a hundred memories of the great man, revolutionary, world leader, and family figure, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Kate Sidley offers renewed and touching insight into Mandela by retelling humorous, heart-warming and momentous moments from his life, roughly chronologically, drawing from his own writing and the memories of contemporaries, historians and ordinary people. The reading experience is multi-varied and complex, touching and inspiring, like Madiba himself. 100 Mandela Moments is divided into sections, according to the many roles Mandela played in his lifetime: the school boy, the student, the lawyer, the outlaw, the prisoner, the negotiator, the statesman, the elder. Each story or 'moment' is short and encapsulates something about the man behind the legend, and the book can be read cover to cover or dipped into.
CONTRIBUTORS: Kate Sidley
EAN: 9781868429028
COUNTRY: South Africa
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WEIGHT: 500 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Republic of South Africa, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, Political activism / Political engagement, African history
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