Nelson Mandela
Long-term collaborators, publisher Blackwell & Ruth have worked in close partnership with The Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa for over 20 years to continue his legacy and promote his values across a range of publications and film media
From Mandela: The Authorised Portrait, to the international publishing event, Conversations with Myself, which drew on Mandela's personal archive of never-before-seen materials to offer unique access to the private world of an incomparable world leader, and The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela which revealed the heroism of a man who refused to compromise his moral values in the face of extraordinary human punishment.
This relationship continues, most recently with the creation of Live to Lead, a Netflix documentary series focusing on leadership and comprising original interviews and photography with individuals from around the world.
Nelson Mandela copyright © Nelson R. Mandela, image by Andrew Zuckerman
Mandela: The Authorised Portrait
Named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela has dedicated his life to fighting racism, segregation, oppression, and exploitation-and championing democracy, equality, and education. Mandela: The Authorised Portrait celebrates the courage, determination, and remarkable humanity of a great man and chronicles his extraordinary contribution to humankind.
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Conversations with Myself
A New York Times best-seller, Conversations with Myself draws on Mandela's personal archive of never-before-seen materials to offer unique access to the private world of an incomparable world leader. Journals kept on the run during the anti-apartheid struggle of the early 1960s; diaries and draft letters written in Robben Island and other South African prisons during his twenty-seven years of incarceration; notebooks from the post-apartheid transition; private recorded conversations; speeches and correspondence written during his presidency — a historic collection of documents archived at the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Arrested in 1962, as South Africa’s apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next twenty-seven years in jail. During his incarceration, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and most memorably to his courageous wife, Winnie, and his five children. Nearly 250 of these letters, most of them previously unseen, provide the most intimate portrait of Mandela yet.
Nelson Mandela By Himself
Nelson Mandela: By Himself is the first, and only, authorised and authenticated collection of quotations by one of the world's most admired individuals. This collection — gathered from privileged authorised access to Mandela's vast personal archive of private papers, speeches, correspondence and audio recordings — features nearly 2,000 quotations spanning over 60 years, many previously unpublished. Mandela's inspirational quotations are organised into over 300 categories for easy reference.
Company
Blackwell & Ruth
Contributors
Geoff Blackwell, Ruth Hobday
The Nelson Mandela Foundation