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At the end of the audiobook is an interview with an editor for book and he mentions how it’s as much a biography of South Africa as it is a biography of Nelson Mandela. That is too true. The major flaw of the book is that it’s simply a telling of events as they happened in order with little time spent on how those events felt for Nelson. There is little introspection by Nelson Mandela the man and he seems to be at times only a shallowly defined character instead of the central subject of the book. For example, when relating his divorce, instead of discussing his feelings, he quotes a letter he wrote at the time that reads like an opening statement in a legal trial where he must defend his decision to divorce. Mandela does admit in the book that he is not one to share his feelings and perhaps lacks the ability to intellectualize his feelings, a possible advantage for someone who could have been easily overwhelmed many times throughout his life. Yet I am still curious.
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قرأت النسخة المترجمة عن دار الهلال ، نيلسون مانديلا قضى معظم سنوات عمره مناضلا من أجل حرية بلاده و شعبه و عندما تحقق ذلك ضرب أروع مثل للقائد الذي لا تهمه السلطة في شئ حيث تولى منصب الرئاسة لفترة رئاسية واحدة فقط .
الجدير بالذكر أن مانديلا لم يسع إلى إلغاء سيادة الأقلية البيضاء على الأغلبية الإفريقية لكي يحقق سيادة الأفارقة على الأقلية البيضاء و إنما كان يسعى لتحقيق المساواة بين جميع العرقيات .
و تعتبر السيرة الذاتية لنيلسون مانديلا دليلا هاما لكل من أراد التعرف على تفاصيل الحياة في جنوب إفريقيا منذ بداية القرن العشرين و حتى منتصف التسعينيات .
الجدير بالذكر أن مانديلا لم يسع إلى إلغاء سيادة الأقلية البيضاء على الأغلبية الإفريقية لكي يحقق سيادة الأفارقة على الأقلية البيضاء و إنما كان يسعى لتحقيق المساواة بين جميع العرقيات .
و تعتبر السيرة الذاتية لنيلسون مانديلا دليلا هاما لكل من أراد التعرف على تفاصيل الحياة في جنوب إفريقيا منذ بداية القرن العشرين و حتى منتصف التسعينيات .
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I really enjoyed reading about Mandela’s life. I also gained a lot of knowledge about the Apartheid in South Africa. Highly recommend to read this and learn about Mandela’s ideology.
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The best autobiography I have ever read! Remains one of my favourite books of all time. If you love the movie/book Shawshank Redemption, you will find that Mandela was even more shrewd and intelligent in prison than Andy Dufresne and this is a true story. Highly recommend to anyone who loves biographies, Nelson Mandela, or anyone who wants to know all the details of his lifelong dedication to fight oppresion. You will see him in a new light, for sure.
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It's a moving and well-written book. Nowadays, it's encouraging to read the story of a man who fought for humanity !
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