Young Mandela, David James Smith
Young Mandela, David James Smith
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Young Mandela
The Revolutionary Years

Author: David James Smith

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 14 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2010

Synopsis

Nelson Mandela is well known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the worlds elder statesmanthe grayhaired man with a kindly smile who spent twentyseven years in prison before becoming the first black president of South Africa. But Nelson Mandela was not always elderly or benign. In Young Mandela, David James Smith takes us deep into the heart of racist South Africa to paint a portrait of the Mandela that many have forgotten: the committed revolutionary who left his family behind to live on the run, adopting false names, and organizing the first strikes to overthrow the apartheid state. Young Mandela lifts the curtain on an icons first steps to greatness.

About David James Smith

David James Smith has been a journalist all his life, most prominently for the Sunday Times Magazine.http://www.davidjamessmith.net/https://www.facebook.com/david.j.smith.7906https://twitter.com/htimssemajdivad

Reviews

Goodreads review by Yasmin on October 04, 2013

The details were amazing and to have the book laid out in such a way as to have all the days leading up to his fateful arrest. When I concluded this book I thought my opening remark for this review would be "Every saint has a past and every sinner a future", well I've saved it for this moment. I fir......more

Goodreads review by Elliot on June 21, 2011

Nelson Mandela is even more my hero after this warts-and-all biography. Not too many warts: a failed first marriage, some hanky-panky, lack of physical affection for his children and perhaps the bad decision to start a family while trying to free his country from, oh, white supremacy. If nothing els......more

Goodreads review by Ron on August 07, 2023

This was an enlightening book about Nelson Mandela. Having read a couple of other books by him, I had placed him on a pedestal. I’m better informed today. The diferent characters in his life, seemed quite confusing alongside the different African names which I found difficult for me to pronounce.......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on November 12, 2023

Made it halfway through this book. Interesting subject and incredibly detailed, definitely learned new things. But the minutiae got monotonous for me and decided to bail.......more

Goodreads review by John on December 31, 2011

Nelson Mandela is no Steve Biko, as far as I'm concerned, but this book intrigued me because it claims to be a real-to-life portrayal of Mandela rather than a mythical depiction--I've never thought Mandela to be the great hero that everyone thinks he is. Besides, it was a Christmas gift. If anyone h......more

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