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antidietleah's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Racism, Confinement, and Colonisation
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Police brutality, and Death
lauren625's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Colonisation
Moderate: Classism and Police brutality
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Violence, and War
Moderate: Child death and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident and Medical content
heatherdavies's review against another edition
3.75
I knew absolutely nothing about Nelson Mandela prior to this book. It is clear that he was a polarizing individual that ultimately was fighting for the rights of his people and then all people of South Africa to come together.
The book itself reads as an autobiography detailing Mandela's life. And as with memoirs of this nature some parts are dry, overly wordy, and contains more lists of names of people you may not know with or without context to back you up. And just like the direct quote from the book that I began with, I feel the thousand details impacted the story of his life and made it unengaging at times.
That being said if you are interested in South African history, Black history, the reality of apartheid- then of course this book would be a wonderful read.
While I believe he was being mostly honest throughout - keep in mind this is someone narrating their life as they want you to see and perhaps missing details that would alter perception.
Moderate: Car accident, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, War, and Violence
calybe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Death, Violence, Colonisation, and Police brutality
Moderate: Death of parent and Grief
meaghanelizabook's review against another edition
5.0
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Going into this, I knew woefully little about Nelson Mandela. What an incredible, smart, resilient, moral human being he was.
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The length of this was a bit daunting at first, but it honestly was a page turner and didn't feel like a slog. It was so very interesting and enlightening. Mandela's commitment to the struggle in South Africa is inspiring. A true believer in the goodness of humankind, he never gave up his fight for freedom and equality for all races, religions, genders, and beliefs. This was absolutely worth the read.
Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery