Nelson Mandela
Subtitle: the early life of Rolihlahla Madiba
By: Jean Guiloineau ; translated from the French by Joseph Rowe.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Mandela, Nelson, 1918- -- Childhood and youth.; Presidents -- South Africa -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "As a defender of social justice and champion of equal rights for South African blacks, Nelson Mandela is a world-renowned leader and a symbol of the movement against apartheid. This unique biography tells of Mandela's early years through the age of twenty-three - his upbringing and education, the rituals of tribal Africa and his right-of-passage ceremony, the early death of his father and his subsequent move to the home of the Paramount Chief, the Regent who became his adoptive father.".

"Here is the story of a boy who was destined for something larger than his tribal village, a boy who could not contain his wonder and curiosity about the world beyond the familiar. Even at the expense of disobeying the Regent, he fled with his adoptive brother to the capital city of Johannesburg to find work and see the world, meeting many influential people along the way.".

"The circumstances of Mandela's youth led him to a perpetual search for what is right and true, in constant pursuit of fairness and recognition for the colorful, valiant history and tradition of black South Africans."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151).
Table of contents: title: The man without a face; title: Passage through smoke; title: A Thembu chieftain's name; title: A path laid out by their fathers; title: A pastoral childhood; title: A terminal cough; title: An excess of prophets; title: The pastor's daughter; title: I am a man; title: The world opens; title: Like elegant young Europeans; title: Insults and injuries; title: General strike at Fort Hare; title: Flight; title: I have crossed famous rivers.