Mandela: Tributes to a Global Icon - Hardcover

This book presents some of the best eulogies on Nelson Mandela, reflecting on his virtues, greatness, and contributions. An African, a universalist, and humanist, his lifestyle and leadership reinforce the adage that character makes a person. A courageous fighter, an honest and tireless worker, an original thinker, the Madiba, as he was popularly called, put people at the center of his activities. The progress of South Africa and of all Africans was the principal motivation for his behavior, actions, and decisions.

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin as well as a University Distinguished Teaching Professor.