Higher than hope : the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela /
Meer, Fatima.
Higher than hope : the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela / Fatima Meer. - First United States edition - New York, NY : Harper & Row, Publishers Inc., 1990, ©1988 - xix, 426 pages : 1 family tree ; 24 cm.
This book contains a family tree that has several generations of the Mandela family. Part V of this book contains letters from Mandela's life in prison. Part VI of this book contains a chronology of milestones in Mandela's life.
Preface -- Forward / Nomzamo Winnie Mandela -- Part I. Roots : 1. In search of the boy Mandela -- 2. The past -- Part II. The struggle : 3. Johannesburg -- 4. The sweep of politics -- 5. Evelyn -- 6. Defiance -- 7. Nationalist repression -- 8. The congress of the people -- 9. Parting with Evelyn -- 10. Treason arrest -- 11. The Pan-African Congress -- Part III. Winnie : 12. Bizana -- 13. Johannesburg -- 14. The wedding -- 15. The Mandela routine -- Part IV. Life-sentence : 16. Sharpeville -- 17. The tribesmen locked in violence -- 18. The Black Pimpernel -- 19. Mission to Africa -- 20. Return to the Black Pimpernel -- 21. On trial and in prison -- 22. Rivonia -- 23. Rivonia: The state's case -- 24. Rivonia: the defence case -- 25. The prisoners -- 26. Loss of comrade and kin -- 27. Attempts to destroy the Mandela's -- 28. Winnie's ordeal -- 29. The children's revolt -- 30. The world honours Mandela -- 31. Murmurs of change -- Part V. Letters from prison : Letters -- Photographs -- Problems -- Winnie -- Anniversaries -- Regrets, nostalgia, dreams -- Education -- Health -- Sons: Thembi -- Makgatho -- Daughters: Makaziwe -- Zenami -- Zindzsiwa -- Friends -- Kinsfolk -- House and land -- Brandfort -- The world celebrates the Mandelas -- Part VI. Memorabilia : Mandela milestones.
Nelson Mandela is the most important political prisoner of our time. Yet although his name and message are well known, the man behind them is not. He has been kept from the South African public and the world for a quarter of a century. This is a dramatic and intimate biography, which draws on letters and reminiscences from Mandela himself from his close family... Meer presents a picture of an ordinary man who sacrificed his personal life and promising career as an attorney to become a living symbol of his cause." -- from the dust jacket
0060161469 9780060161460
89045053
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
African National Congress--Biography.
Civil rights workers--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
DT 1949 .M35 / M44 1990
324.268/083/092 B
Higher than hope : the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela / Fatima Meer. - First United States edition - New York, NY : Harper & Row, Publishers Inc., 1990, ©1988 - xix, 426 pages : 1 family tree ; 24 cm.
This book contains a family tree that has several generations of the Mandela family. Part V of this book contains letters from Mandela's life in prison. Part VI of this book contains a chronology of milestones in Mandela's life.
Preface -- Forward / Nomzamo Winnie Mandela -- Part I. Roots : 1. In search of the boy Mandela -- 2. The past -- Part II. The struggle : 3. Johannesburg -- 4. The sweep of politics -- 5. Evelyn -- 6. Defiance -- 7. Nationalist repression -- 8. The congress of the people -- 9. Parting with Evelyn -- 10. Treason arrest -- 11. The Pan-African Congress -- Part III. Winnie : 12. Bizana -- 13. Johannesburg -- 14. The wedding -- 15. The Mandela routine -- Part IV. Life-sentence : 16. Sharpeville -- 17. The tribesmen locked in violence -- 18. The Black Pimpernel -- 19. Mission to Africa -- 20. Return to the Black Pimpernel -- 21. On trial and in prison -- 22. Rivonia -- 23. Rivonia: The state's case -- 24. Rivonia: the defence case -- 25. The prisoners -- 26. Loss of comrade and kin -- 27. Attempts to destroy the Mandela's -- 28. Winnie's ordeal -- 29. The children's revolt -- 30. The world honours Mandela -- 31. Murmurs of change -- Part V. Letters from prison : Letters -- Photographs -- Problems -- Winnie -- Anniversaries -- Regrets, nostalgia, dreams -- Education -- Health -- Sons: Thembi -- Makgatho -- Daughters: Makaziwe -- Zenami -- Zindzsiwa -- Friends -- Kinsfolk -- House and land -- Brandfort -- The world celebrates the Mandelas -- Part VI. Memorabilia : Mandela milestones.
Nelson Mandela is the most important political prisoner of our time. Yet although his name and message are well known, the man behind them is not. He has been kept from the South African public and the world for a quarter of a century. This is a dramatic and intimate biography, which draws on letters and reminiscences from Mandela himself from his close family... Meer presents a picture of an ordinary man who sacrificed his personal life and promising career as an attorney to become a living symbol of his cause." -- from the dust jacket
0060161469 9780060161460
89045053
Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
African National Congress--Biography.
Civil rights workers--South Africa--Biography.
Political prisoners--South Africa--Biography.
DT 1949 .M35 / M44 1990
324.268/083/092 B