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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW library)

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela : With Connections (HRW library)

by Nelson Mandela

The best-selling memoirs, begun during the South African president's years in prison, traces the Nobel Prize-winner's historic life from his traditional tribal childhood to his triumphant rise to power. Reprint. NYT.

Power Lines : Two Years on South Africa's Borders

Power Lines : Two Years on South Africa's Borders

by Jason Carter

A land of tension and segregation, relatively unchanged since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison nearly a decade ago, South Africa is a country fraught with deep racial divides. While white citizens enjoy lifestyles similar to Westerners, black citizens inhabit a world of poverty and deprivation. Despite Mandela’s regime-shattering election as President, there has been little improvement in the ability of the... (more)

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa

by Sherley Ann Williams, Mark Mathabane

Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa's most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars and midnight police raids were his rites of passage. Like every other child born in the hopelessness of apartheid, he learned to measure his life in days, not years. Yet Mark Mathabane, armed only with the courage of his family and a hard-won education, raised himself... (more)