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"In this lush, acclaimed book, award-winning author-illustrator Kadir Nelson tells the story of global icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela in poignant free verse and glorious illustrations. It is the story of a young boy's determination to change South Africa, and of the struggles of a man who eventually became the president of his country. Mandela believed in equality for all people, no matter the color of their skin. Readers will be...

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world.

The story of Nelson Mandela who challenged apartheid in South Africa.

"This biography follows Nelson Mandela from his work with the African National Congress, to his imprisonment on Robben Island, to his extraordinary rise to the presidency"--

Records the couple's struggles against South Africa's racial policies which led to Nelson's imprisonment and Winnie's banishmentto a remote part of the Orange Free State.

Presents the lives and careers of the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress and his wife, an activist in the struggle for black majority rights in South Africa.

"After spending almost 30 years in prison for fighting against apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela became that nation's first black president. This important biography explains to readers what apartheid is, how Mandela and his supporters battled against it, and how he survived a brutal imprisonment to become a living symbol of civil and democratic rights. Mandela's moving and inspiring life story is told through accessible text, supporting fact...

"Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what it takes to change the world in this comprehensive biography that tells the complete life story of internationally renowned peacemaker Nelson Mandela. Civil rights activist. World leader. Writer. Throughout his life, Nelson Mandela took on many roles, all in the pursuit of peace. Born in 1918 in South Africa, he grew up in a culture of government-enforced racism and became involved in the anti-apartheid movement...