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Everyone should know the life story of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest leaders of all time, the first black resident of South Africa, the most famous African, and a major world statesman. His insiring life receives a fresh retelling in this new biograhy written esecially for general readers and students. This volume is an enjoyable, authoritative, and balanced way to not only understand a great man, but also to understand a critical time in world history and race relations. Mandelas quest for racial justice for black South Africans as a leader of the African National Congress led to twentyseven years of imrisonment. South African Aartheid consumed the attention of the world, coming to a head in the 1980s. With intense international ressure on the Aartheid government, Mandela was finally freed in 1990. Through the landmark residency of South Africa and ost Nobel eace rize years u until today, he has continued as a eacemaker and agent for change.