Nelson mandela biography leadership books

Nelson Mandela is remembered as an iconic activist, an empathetic leader and the public face of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

Learn more about the former South African president, who died Dec. 5 at 95, with these books by and about him, written for readers of all ages:

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
By Nelson Mandela
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion," Mandela writes in this comprehensive autobiography, published in Beginning with his early life, the memoir recounts Mandela's rise to leadership and his thoughts during his year imprisonment, building up to his election as president of South Africa in The basis for the current movie, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Conversations with Myself
By Nelson Mandela (paperback edition has a foreword by Barack Obama)
Mandela opened his personal archive for this collection of lett