Keeping life lessons alive is important and telling our children and the young people of community about those that have walked before us is essential. Nelson Mandela, the prisoner of conscience turned president of South Africa, was a global inspiration even before he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Now a wondrous graphic novel, released to coincide with his 91st birthday, is the latest and possibly final chapter about the great man to appear with his blessing. Expanded from a series of eight comics created to help children learn about him, Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book, was made with Mandela's input and gives details of the leader's traditional Thembu upbringing that have never before come to light.
