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president mandela

digme · 2009-12-24 02:14:12

president Mandela, what is the best book for inspiration? Did he write a autobiography?

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24-12-2009 3:14am

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president Mandela, what is the best book for inspiration?
Did he write a autobiography?

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#2 25-12-2009 11:01pm
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His autobio is Long Walk to Freedom.

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#3 26-12-2009 4:05pm
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Beware before you read though - I found him a little too much like 'the eyes of history are upon me' when he wrote. A little self congratulatory, amounting to a celebratory indulgence in self fellatio...

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#4 26-12-2009 9:49pm
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Denerik - I cant disagree strongly enough. I think its one of the best biographies I have ever read.

We are not talking about Jordan's 1234th 'biography' in 5 years here - this is one of the greatest men of the 20th century. What I also loved about it, is that many of the earlier sections were not written now, they were written when he was in prison, and smuggled out over the years.

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