Mandela: In celebration of a great life
Author(s): Charlene Smith
The measure of a politician is not in his or her words; spin doctors take care of those. It is in what they do to improve the lives of their people. A successful lawyer, Nelson Mandela sacrificed career, family and freedom to pursue an extravagant ideal: a non-racist, non-sexist future for a nation apparently determined to remain divided. At his release, after almost three decades in jail, he could have pursued narrow interests; the world would have supported him. Instead he publicly embraced reconciliation and social justice. Nelson Mandela was determined to free not just black South Africans, but all South Africans, from prejudice. And it was in daring to do the unexpected, in weathering criticism from friends, in reaching out to enemies and in acknowledging the most humble that his greatness was revealed. Award-winning writer Charlene Smith traces the life of a great statesman and tells how Nelson Mandela repaired the torn heart of a wounded nation.
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Charlene Smith is a highly respected award-winning writer, television documentary maker, radio broadcaster, media trainer, and marketing and communications consultant. She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Group, and the Authors' Guild. She has written 14 books, including Robben Island, published by Random House Struik. Originally from Johannesburg, she presently lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
General Fields
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- : New Holland Publishers
- : New Holland Publishers
- : 31 October 2013
- : 255mm X 220mm
- : Australia
- : 01 November 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Charlene Smith
- : Hardback
- : Nov-13
- : 180
- : 120 full-colour & b/w photographs