Nelson Mandela

About the Book

From a thatched hut in the middle of South Africa, Nelson Mandela was schooled by missionaries and raised by his uncle. He skipped rocks in river streams and ran away to Johannesburg to work in the mines before going to law school.

Trouble by apartheid and injustice, Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress until the government arrested him. He was imprisoned for 27 ½ years. After his release in 1990, he helped write a new constitution and was elected President of South Africa.

The author traced the Mandela journey.

About the Author

Libby Hughes is an author, editor and playwright. Her published biographies include Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, Benazir Bhutto, Christopher Reeve, and Tiger Woods. Hughes edited Ginger Rogers' autobiography and is listed in the Who's Who of American Women. Her plays have won contests and been produced off Broadway. She lives in Cape Cod.