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Nelson Mandela

father of freedom
2001
Biography of Nelson Mandela, president and ambassador to South Africa, who has spent his life fighting against Apartheid and campaigning for the freedom of Black South Africans.

South Africa

the cordoned heart
1986
On t.p.: Prepared for the Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa. 28 photographic essays with text.

We are the poors

community struggles in post-apartheid South Africa
2002

African women

three generations
1994
The author's grandmother, mother, and sister tell of their lives under apartheid in South Africa and their struggles to cope with abuse, gambling, drunkenness, and infidelity from the men they love who consider them nothing more than property.

Nelson Mandela

1992
A biography of the Black South African leader, focusing on his struggle to overthrow the tyrannies of apartheid.

Higher than hope

the authorized biograpy of Nelson Mandela
1990

Rabble-rouser for peace

the authorized biography of Desmond Tutu
2006
Chronicles the life of Nobel laureate and spiritual father Desmond Tutu, focusing on his efforts to promote peace in South Africa by confronting South African leaders, leading peaceful demonstrations, and seeking international disinvestment in the apartheid economy.

A prisoner in the garden

2006
A collection of photographs, letters, and notes chronicling the twenty-seven years Nelson Mandela spent in prison on Robben Island.

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