Nelson Mandela - pocket GIANTS Author:Colin Bundy Nelson Mandela?s place in history is secure: he was one of the best known prisoners in the world, the first president of post-apartheid South Africa, and a global icon with a degree of moral authority matched by very few. This biography explores his various identities?dashing young urbanite, charismatic nationalist politician, underground milita... more »ry commander and Black Pimpernel, tried, convicted, and a political prisoner for 27 years; president of a democratic South Africa?and assesses these independently of his nigh-mythic status. « less