The Boy Called Troublemaker, The Childhood of Nelson Mandela

Sometimes there is hidden meaning in a name. As a child, Nelson Mandela's nickname was Troublemaker.

Nelson Mandela --legendary freedom fighter and revolutionary, first black president of South Africa and Nobel Peace prize winner--stated that his childhood in the Transkei countryside taught him everything he needed to know in life. This biographical novel brings to life Mandela’s childhood and his tribal initiation at sixteen when he resolved to live up to his name—Troublemaker—and fight for freedom for his people.