Raymond Suttner

Nelson Mandela’s life was one with multiple implications. His life conditions changed, and he altered as a human being at various phases of his life. He spoke of undergoing a series of journeys. Part one of a five-part series on Nelson Mandela’s leadership.

If we unpack stubbornness as steadfastness, unwillingness to yield in the quest for freedom, we can understand better what Mandela did in order to prepare himself to advance the Struggle while confined in prison. Part 2 of a five-part series on Nelson Mandela’s leadership.

If we unpack stubbornness as steadfastness, unwillingness to yield in the quest for freedom, we can understand better what Mandela did in order to

One of the areas of Mandela’s life that needs attention is that of gender — his relationship with women and men while growing up in very patriarchal societies as a young boy and later as a man. This is the fourth in a six-part series on Mandela’s leadership.

Nelson Mandela, like Oliver Tambo, knew that defeating the apartheid government on the battlefield was not possible and sought a way of ending the bloodshed by trying to create conditions for talks. This is the fifth in a six-part series on Mandela’s leadership.