Long Walk to Freedom
Author: Nelson Mandela and Chris Van Wyk
Illustrator: Paddy Bouma
Publisher: Macmillan
An admirable distillation of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography into a picture book format by a South African writer and illustrator. Mandela describes his childhood, university education, involvement with politics and fight for freedom from apartheid, his long years in prison, and his eventual release and election as President of his country and emergence as one of the most significant figures in recent world history.
See also: Grandad Mandela by Zazi, Ziwelene and Zindzi Mandela, illustrated by Sean Qualls (9781786035943), Frances Lincoln £7.99
Nelson Mandela (Little Guides to Great Lives) by Isabel Thomas, illustrated by Hannah Warren (9781786271945), Laurence King £8.99