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Author Boehmer, Elleke, 1961-

Title Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction / Elleke Boehmer.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B MANDELA NELSON B    Check Shelf
Description 204 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm.
Series Very short introductions ; 188
Very short introductions ; 188.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189) and index.
Contents Map of South Africa during apartheid -- Mandela: story and symbol -- Scripting a life: the early years -- Growth of a national icon: later years -- Influences and interactions -- Sophiatown sophisticate -- Masculine performer -- Spectres in the prison garden -- Mandela's ethical legacy.
Summary This book not only explores the great anti-apartheid leader's long and multi-faceted life, but also examines the way in which many different interconnected stories, histories, values, and symbols have combined to create the internationally recognized icon of freedom that we know today.
Subject Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.
South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
ISBN 0192803018
9780192803016
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