Mandela the authorized biography

  • Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's.
  • Mandela: The Authorised Biography is a study of Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, by the British journalist Anthony Sampson.
  • The book provides many new insights into Mandela's story and sheds new light at every turn on the moral dilemmas and personal choices of both.

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    Mandela: The Authorised Biography

    March 12,
    I have long been fascinated with the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, but my interested was piqued after the Nobel Peace Prize-winner’s death in at 95 years of age. I selected this “authorized” biography on the basis of a friend’s recommendation, although the work was published in prior to Mandela’s death (and therefore unfortunately did not include that portion of his life). Biographer Anthony Sampson had the advantage of knowing Mandela since , and had unlimited access to information, papers, and correspondence unavailable to many other historians at that time. One of my concerns, however, was whether Sampson could provide an objective analysis of Mandela, the ANC (African National Congress), and those who surrounded and influenced the future South African president (especially his controversial second wife, Winnie). Objectivity remained the major reason why I could not give the biography a full five star rating. Given those concerns, I still highly rate this informative and readable work on a man who helped change the course of history for South Africa, Africa, and the world. Nelson Mandela (“Madiba”), was born into the Thembu royal family of the Xhosa tribe, which provided the future president with a royal, chiefly bearing whi
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    Mandela: The Authorised Biography

    The author has known Mandela since the s, and has been given complete access to all his personal papers, to Mandela himself, his friends and political associates, to write the full story of Mandela's life. In addition to covering his years before, during and after his incarceration, the author assesses Mandela's impact as President on South Africa and the world. He also reveals many features of the apartheid system that have hitherto been hidden, and describes the changing attitudes of big business to the ANC and to Mandela himself. The result is an authoritative biography of one of the greatest men of the 20th century.

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    Mandela: The Authoritative Biography

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