Nelson Mandelais perhaps the most iconic activist in history, and this fascinating biography follows him from his early life in the Thembu clan to his role as a world-famous leader that took South Africa from apartheid into a multiracial democracy. Mandela s release from prison and election as South Africa s first black president were landmark events, making him the perennial face of freedom, a heroic liberator with moral integrity. | Nelson Mandela by Christina Scott, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters