Nelson Mandela: pocket GIANTS
By Colin Bundy
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‘Colin Bundy has given us an incredible insight into the person of Mandela. What a man and what a gift Madiba was to the world.’ - Desmond Tutu Nelson Mandela’s place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world even before his election as the first president of post-apartheid South Africa; secondly, he became a global icon, an elder statesman, with a degree of moral authority matched by very few. Coming to terms with a dizzying sequence of roles, this biography explores Mandela’s various identities – dashing young urbanite, charismatic nationalist politician, underground military commander and Black Pimpernel, tried, convicted, and a political prisoner for 27 years; on his release president of a democratic South Africa – and assesses these independently of his iconic, nigh-mythic status. This book revisits the well-known contours of Mandela’s career, but resists hagiography: it outlines what he achieved, but also identifies aspects of his personality and politics that are far less familiar.
Colin Bundy
Colin Bundy has retired after a career as an academic and university administrator. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand, Principal of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Principal of Green Templeton College, Oxford. As an historian he was best known for his 'Rise and Fall of a South African Peasantry'; he was co-author (with William Beinart) of 'Hidden Struggles in Rural South Africa'. Since 2012 he has published three books in the Jacana Pocket series: 'Govan Mbeki' (2012), 'Short-changed? South Africa since apartheid' (2014) and 'Nelson Mandela' (2015).
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