Winnie Mandela: A Life

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Description

Everyone has an opinion about Winnie Mandela, and frequently a strong one. She has been adored, feared and hated more than another woman in South African history. But few people know much concerning the life in the back of the headlines, myths and sound-bites. This biography is an in-depth and intimate have a look at Winnie Mandela’s personal and political life, and takes the reader on a remarkable journey of understanding.

The book traces her development from talented and privileged child to dedicated social worker, caring wife and mother, and fiery political activist. It examines her full of life campaign to keep the name of her jailed husband alive, and explores her own harassment, imprisonment and isolation by the hands of the security police.

Finally, the book investigates the events that have made Winnie Mandela this type of controversial figure: the allegations of kidnapping and murder, her divorce from Mandela, and the current fraud charges. Winnie Mandela’s journey up to now is traced with understanding and honesty, on this fascinating and balanced biography of a most enigmatic woman.


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