“...Mandela’s life is a model not just for our time but all time.” p.19
Stars: 4/5
Richard Stengel has managed to distill from a sea of notes, taken from interviews with Nelson Mandela for Long Walk to Freedom
, fifteen valuable life lessons. This ‘portrait’ of a freedom fighter provides a peek into some of Mandela’s personal mantras; those which equipped Mandela with, among other things, a moral compass, a sustaining force of will and a principled temperament that only a few possess:
“Nelson Mandela is a man of principle - exactly one: Equal rights for all, regardless of race, class, or gender.” p.103
Richard Stengel on meeting Nelson Mandela
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