Nelson Mandela: Man of the People

Spruill Art Gallery, 2010

"I wanted the world to see what is going on in South Africa. The only way to show the world was through pictures." - Peter Magubane

Nelson Mandela: Man of the People was Peter Magubane’s photographic record of more than fifty years of Mandela’s life. This unique collection of photographs documented Mandela as a political activist, prisoner, family man, leader, Nobel Laureate, President and statesman. Presented in the context of South Africa’s struggle from apartheid to democracy, the exhibition was a tribute to the life and times of one of the greatest 20th Century historic figures and reminded us of humankind’s indebtedness to both Nelson Mandela as a civil rights leader and Peter Magubane as an acclaimed documentarian.