Books on nelson mandela biography

There are countless books on Nelson Mandela, and it comes with good reason, after all, he is widely celebrated for being the leader of the movement that ended South African apartheid and one of the greatest freedom fighters of all time.

He was South Africa’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election, and with said power, he shifted his government’s focus to dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalized racism and fostering racial reconciliation.

Following two years in and out of prison for “treason” and then leaving the country “illegally”, in 1964 Mandela was put on trial again on charges of sabotage, for which he was convicted along with several other ANC leaders and sentenced to life in prison.

He’d serve 27 years behind bars, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing d