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The Authorized Portrait
Andrews McMeel Publishing
October 2006
On Sale: October 1, 2006
356 pages
ISBN: 0740755722
EAN: 9780740755729
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Important People of
the 20th Century, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela has dedicated
his life to fighting racism, segregation, oppression, and
exploitation-and championing democracy, equality, and education. Mandela: The Authorized Portrait celebrates the courage,
determination, and remarkable humanity of a great man and
chronicles his extraordinary contribution to humankind. Much of the story in Mandela: The Authorized Portrait is
told by those whose very lives he has touched. Drawing on 60
original and extensive interviews with family members, close
friends, colleagues, and many of the world's leading figures
in politics and entertainment, Mandela: The Authorized
Portrait tells the inspirational story of an incredible
man-from his birth and early childhood in rural South Africa
and his involvement with and eventual leadership of the
African National Congress through his 27-year imprisonment
and eventual emergence as one of the world's notable leaders
and most active agents for change. This richly designed portrait features a foreword by former
U.S. president Bill Clinton and an introduction by
Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It is illustrated with 250 images
and features material taken from private collections as well
as the Nelson Mandela Foundation archive-some of it
published here for the first time. Mandela: The Authorized
Portrait features artifacts and facsimiles of Mandela's
voluminous writings and correspondence-written records of
his negotiations with the prison authorities, intimate
letters to his family and friends during his imprisonment,
and material from Mandela's personal diaries and calendars.
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