Mandela, his life and legacy for South Africa and the world, by Bob Crew
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Mandela, his life and legacy for South Africa and the world, by Bob Crew
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eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
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non fiction
Main title
Mandela
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865297869
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by Bob Crew
Sub title
his life and legacy for South Africa and the world
Summary
Nelson Mandela is known worldwide as a great moral and political leader, the first democratically elected South African president, the recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize, and a beacon of interracial goodwill. In Mandela, former foreign correspondent Bob Crew demystifies the icon and his legacy. After over a decade of travels in South Africa, Crew seeks truth in the unexpected details of the lives of Mandela and current South African president Jacob Zuma, comparing them to other world icons in order to bring a new understanding of their legacies to Western readers
Table Of Contents
How Nelson Mandela became an icon and got his Christian name -- An agonizing political history -- In the high bright shadow of Nelson Mandela -- Nelson Mandela's miserables -- To kill a president -- Good and bad Zulus and good and bad Dutch-Afrikaners -- Have the Dutch-Afrikaners really forgiven the Dutch in Holland? -- The mysterious death of Heidi Holland -- Citizen number one or enemy of the people? -- In conclusion: no Zuma or ANC for 2013?
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