South Africa: How the Mandela Myth Helped Win the Battle for Democracy in South Africa

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South Africa: How the Mandela Myth Helped Win the Battle for Democracy in South Africa

[The Conversation Africa] Political history scholar Jonny Steinberg's 2023 book Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage is a double biography of South Africa's most famous political figures - Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela - and their role in the country's struggle for democracy. It's also a book that shatters countless myths about the couple and the liberation struggle that have been formed in popular culture and even academic tel…