The 'Dates with History' series explores noted events of the past, describing what happened on each particular day and setting it in its wider historical context.
"When, in 2013, historian Jan-Ad Stemmet opened a box at the Archive for Contemporary Affairs (ARCA) at the University of the Free State, he realised he had found a collection of apartheid-era documents that would rewrite the story of ...
“Heartbreaking and inspiring,” Nelson Mandela’s Prison Letters reveals his evolution “into one of the great moral heroes of our time” (New York Times).
Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
With accompanying facsimiles of some of his actual letters, this landmark volume reveals how Mandela, a lawyer by training, advocated for prisoners’ human rights.
In this book, author Henry Russell analyses the linguistic features, content and context of Mandela's speeches, revealing the oratory skill behind this great man's most inspiring words.
This collection by former South African President Mandela presents the Nobel laureate's speeches on a wide variety of subjects.
Conversations with Myself is a very personal book - a book of private thoughts and lessons learned; but, as we have come to expect from the great man, the sense of hope and gentle wisdom that shines from these letters and diaries make this ...
The Release of Nelson Mandela: 11 February 1990
By turns moving, generous, humorous and sad, this book eloquently conveys his warmth and dignity. It will be both an inspiration and a source of strength for all who read it.
Nelson Mandela helped create a new world for South Africa in his fight against apartheid.