I wanted to know his beliefs, his loves, his despair at spending 27 years of his life incarcerated. As a reader I didn't want just a dry telling of the facts, I wanted to know Mandela's feelings. There needs to be insight as to how that time was filled. Yet to have a biography or autobiography there needs to be more then this beginning, middle, and end. Great historical figures, as well as annoying celebrities, are an exception. But not every life is worth or worthy of a book. Life has a beginning, a middle, and an end, that is true. The fact of the matter is life doesn't necessarily have a narrative. Therefore nonfiction has never been my genre of choice. But I like my knowledge presented to me in an engaging fashion. To me, the reason to read is for enjoyment and entertainment, and yes, education.

But being a great man doesn't translate to being a great writer. There is no ambiguity that Mandela and his struggles symbolized freedom to the world and to South Africa. Nelson Mandela was fortunate in that he was allowed access by a flawed system to an education, an education that he would then use to dismantle that very system. It is hard to grasp that a little boy who grew up in a tribal setting in South Africa would become the driving force to eliminate apartheid and would subsequently become the president of South Africa, and a man who changed history and shaped the 20th century. Book Review - Paul Magrs's Wildthyme Beyond!.Book Review - Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom.Book Review - Paul Magrs's From Wildthyme with Love.

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