legacy. 2019 to 2028: the United Nations Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace. Biographies and popular media The first biography of Mandela was authored by Mary Benson, based on brief interviews with him that she had conducted in the 1960s. Two authorised biographies were later produced by friends of Mandela. The first was Fatima Meer's Higher Than Hope, which was heavily influenced by Winnie and thus placed great emphasis on Mandela's family. The second was Anthony Sampson's Mandela, published in 1999. Other biographies included Martin Meredith's Mandela, first published in 1997, and Tom Lodge's Mandela, brought out in 2006. Since the late 1980s, Mandela's image began to appear on a proliferation of items, among them "photographs, paintings, drawings, statues, public murals, buttons, t-shirts, refrigerator magnets, and more", items that have been characterised as "Mandela kitsch". In the 1980s he was the subject of several songs, such as The Specials' "Free Nelson Mandela", Hugh Masekela's "Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)", and Johnny Clegg's "Asimbonanga (Mandela)", which helped to bring awareness of his imprisonment to an international audience. Following his death, many internet memes appeared featuring images of Mandela with his inspirational quotes superimposed onto them. Mandela has also been depicted in films on multiple occasions. Some of these, such as the 2013 feature film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, the 2017 miniseries Madiba and the 1996 documentary Mandela, have focused on covering his adult life in entirety or until his inaugural as president others, such as the 2009 feature film Invictus and the 2010 documentary The 16th Man, have focused on specific events in his life. It has been argued that in Invictus and other films, "the America film industry" has played a significant part in "the crafting of Mandela's global image". See also List of peace activists References Footnotes Bibliography External links Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Nelson Mandela Children's Fund Nelson Mandela Foundation Mandela Rhodes Foundation The Elders Nelson Mandela Museum Nelson Mandela Day Nelson Mandela's family tree |- |- 1918 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Methodists 20th-century philanthropists 20th-century South African lawyers 20th-century South African male writers 20th-century South African politicians 21st-century Methodists 21st-century philanthropists 21st-century South African politicians African and Black nationalists Alumni of the University of London Alumni of University of London Worldwide Anti-apartheid activists Anti-capitalists Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John Burials in South Africa Collars of the Order of Isabella the Catholic