Summary:
Nelson Mandela, one the most inspiring persons to emerge in the twentieth century, he did something that had to be done, free his world from the clutches of disintegration rising due to the prevalence of apartheid. He served 26 years of political imprisonment in the Republic of South Africa, this where he gathered his will to take his country out of the shadows of racial discrimination towards a more open and free governance i.e. democracy. Mandela: The Authorised Biography is a detailed account of the life of the man who through courage and perseverance changed the course of a country headed towards political decay. The extra-ordinary power of his beliefs, the magnitude of love and compassion he had for his fellow countrymen is few of the many virtues listed in the book with an exemplary narration.
Anthony Sampson, the British journalist has accumulated some intimate details of Nelson Mandela's life. This book goes much deeper into Nelson's life, underneath the peace-lover of a revolutionary that the world knows him as. The author had known Nelson Mandela for almost 5 decades. The late author has taken inputs from people who were very close to Nelson Mandela , the book also includes information from various personal notes of Nelson along with excerpts of various interviews and the prison memoir that holds the description of events that were crucial in the making of the man, from being labeled a terrorist once to a man who is the flag bearer of various global peace movements.
Review:
The author had access to all the undisclosed documents that held together the mystery of the man, the iconic Nelson Mandela. The book is full of stories of Nelson that have never come in contact with the public glare. The book holds revealing facts about the psychological changes that Nelson underwent through the course of history, the history of his making. The book is too informative and would be the prized possession of people for whom Nelson Mandela is an inspiring figure. The narration grows vividly as it takes the readers through the transition of the life of Mandela, from the anti-authority militant resorting to violence for a solution to the man who realized that peace and non-violence is the most powerful weapon.
The various insights that Mandela encountered while serving his jail sentence makes Mandela: The Authorised Biography a spellbinding read. The book gets into minute details as it traces his origin and brings to light the fact that he hails from a royal family and how he is the propagator of the beliefs sprouting from the African roots that speak of love and compassion and in equality and freedom of expression. The respect and honor that Mandela has been bestowed with is for his sheer ability to turn his foes into friends and to accept everyone. The rise of the man who led to the establishment of multiracial harmony in South Africa, his personal and spiritual growth as a person, and how it happened is what the book holds.
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