Mandela / Kramer, Ann

Biography of Nelson Mandela, political prisoner for much of his adult life who later became the first black to become president of post-apartheid South Africa.

Tells the life story of South African political leader Nelson Mandela, discussing the villages of his childhood, the Xhosa people, his education, his fight to end apartheid, his many years in prison, and his victory as president in South Africa's first democratic elections.

An illustrated biography of Nelson Mandela, a political activist who was imprisoned 28 years, and the first president of South Africa after apartheid.