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Nelson Mandela

by Samuel Willard Crompton · 2007

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Depicts the life and accomplishments of the South African president who spent twenty-seven years in jail for his political beliefs, discussing the struggle to end apartheid, his country's former system of racial segregation and oppression.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Themes
presidentspresidentsMore like thisLess of thisraceraceMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisSouth AfricaSouth AfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 120 pages

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