Research Guides: Images of Human Rights: South Africa: Nelson Mandela

Biographies and Autobiographies

Below are biographical works about Nelson Mandela, including some written for children. For biographies and autobiographies of other South African figures, please see the main Biographies page.

Internet Resource: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory

Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Nelson Mandela's archive online, courtesy of Google Cultural Institute. The multimedia archive includes Mr Mandela’s correspondence with family, comrades and friends, diaries written during his 27 years of imprisonment, and notes he made while leading the negotiations that ended apartheid in South Africa. The archive also include the earliest-known photos of Mr Mandela and never-before seen drafts of Mr Mandela's material for his book "Conversations with Myself,” the sequel to his autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom.”

Nelson Mandela Biographies/Autobiographies for Children

Long walk to freedom
Publication Date: 2009
Author: Nelson Mandela
Abridged by Chris van Wyk
Illustrated by Paddy Bouma
Mandela : an illustrated autobiography
Publication Date: 1996
Author: Nelson Mandela
This is an illustrated and abridged edition of "Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela" (1994)