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NELSON MANDELA : a very short introduction / Elleke Boehmer.

By: Language: English Series: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008/01/01Edition: 1Description: 204ISBN:
  • 0192803018
  • 9780192803016
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 923.2 BOE/NE
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Summary:
As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only the great anti-apartheid leader's life, but also the ways in which images and representations have been used to create the Mandela we know today - an internationally recognized icon of freedom. - ;As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 rel.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-189) and index.

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