Struggle History and Self-Help: The Parallel Lives of Nelson Mandela in Conventional and Figurative Biography

Author:

Davis, Steve

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date published:

2014

Record type:

Journal article

Journal Title:

African Studies

Source:

African studies, Vol. 73, Issue No. 2, August 2014, pp. 169-191

Subject:

NELSON MANDELA,

BIOGRAPHY,

SELF-HELP LITERATURE,

AFRICAN NATIONALISM

Abstract:

My general impression, after reading several autobiographies, is that an autobiography is not merely a catalogue of events and experiences in which a person has been involved, but that it also serves as some blueprint on which others may well model their own lives … This book has no such pretentions as it has nothing to leave behind (Nelson Mandela, ‘Unpublished Sequel to Long Walk to Freedom’.)1

CITATION: Davis, Steve. Struggle History and Self-Help: The Parallel Lives of Nelson Mandela in Conventional and Figurative Biography . : Taylor & Francis , 2014. African studies, Vol. 73, Issue No. 2, August 2014, pp. 169-191 - Available at: https://library.au.int/struggle-history-and-self-help-parallel-lives-nelson-mandela-conventional-and-figurative-biograph-28