@article{1358275, recid = {1358275}, author = {Boehmer, Elleke,}, title = {Nelson Mandela : a very short introduction /}, publisher = {Oxford University Press,}, address = {Oxford ;}, pages = {1 online resource (204 pages) :}, year = {2008}, abstract = {As well as being a remarkable statesman, Nelson Mandela has become a universal symbol of justice, a secular saint. Elleke Boehmer examines not only the great anti-apartheid leader's life, but also the ways in which images and representations have been used to create the Mandela we know today - an internationally recognized icon of freedom. - ;As well as being a remarkable statesman and one of the world's longest-detained political prisoners, Nelson Mandela has become an exemplary figure of non-racialism and democracy, a moral giant. Once a man with an unknown face, he became after his 1994 rel.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358275}, }