Going to the mountain : life lessons from my grandfather, Nelson Mandela

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"An intimate look at one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known ... through the eyes of a child whose life he changed forever. To the rest of the world, Nelson Mandela was a giant: an anti-apartheid revolutionary, a world-renowned humanitarian, and South Africa's first black president. To Ndaba Mandela, he was simply 'Granddad.' In Going to the Mountain, Ndaba tells how he came to live with Mandela shortly after he turned eleven--having...

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ISBN:

9780316486576
0316486574

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xv, 256 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

Contents:

Idolophu egqibeleleyo iyakusoloko imgama : "The perfect city is always along way off"
Umthi omde ufunyanwa yimimoya enzima : "The tall tree catches the hard wind"
Umntana ngowoluntu : "No child belongs to one house"
Kuhlangene isanga nenkohla : "The wonderful and the impossible sometimes collide"
Uzawubona uba umoya ubheka ngaphi : "Listen to the direction of the wind"
Ulwazi alukhulelwa : "One does not become great by claiming greatness"
Isikhuni sibuya nomkhwezeli : "A brand burns him who stirs it up"
Intyatyambo engayi kufa ayibonakali : "The flower that never dies is invisible"
Ukwaluka : "Going to the Mountain"
Indlu enkulu ifuna : "A great house needs a strong broom"
Akukho rhamncwa elingagqumiyo emngxumeni walo : "There is no beast that does not roar in its own den."

LCCN:

bl2018056109

Control Number:

2540479

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