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Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the life of Nelson Mandela, the son of a tribal chief in South Africa whose belief in standing firm for what is fair and just led him to become a leader in his country against the system of apartheid.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the life of the pre-eminent figures of the twentieth century, Nelson Mandela, up until his release after 27 years of prison. It takes us from boyhood with roots firmly embedded in the soil of Africa, through his political training with the African National Congress into the years of repression. Deeply involved with all the great anti-apartheid activities, the Defiance Campaign, the Freedom Charter, the Treason Trial, boycotts...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
During the more than a quarter of a century that her husband spent in jail, Winnie Mandela was persecuted by the white authorities, first to put pressure on her husband, and then because she developed as a leader in her own right. Under enormous constraints, Winnie Mandela slowly developed a heroic public relations campaign that kept Nelson's image alive, and the attention of the world on South Africa. Directed by Peter Davis.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
Photographic memoir of the life of Nelson Mandela, recounting the development of his political consciousness, his role in the formation of the African National Congress Youth League, his imprisonment, and the events leading to his election as president of South Africa.
8) Invictus
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A powerful documentary that reveals the personal journey of Bram Fischer, the white South African lawyer responsible for saving Nelson Mandela and other top ANC leaders from execution during the Rivonia Treason Trial. It is a deeply moving account of a man who spent his early years entrenched in the aristocracy of Afrikanerdom, but who later secretly became head of the South African Communist Party. Fischer led a brilliant defence of Mandela at the...
12) Nelson Mandela
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Nelson Mandela's place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world, the first president of post-apartheid South Africa, and a global icon with a degree of moral authority matched by very few. This biography explores his various identities-dashing young urbanite, charismatic nationalist politician, underground military commander and Black Pimpernel, tried, convicted, and a political prisoner for 27 years; president of...
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