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He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television. He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In , Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded by Israeli commandos.

He was below deck on the MV Mavi Marmara when nine civilians were killed in international waters. Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre.

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He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa. Mankell's grandfather, also named Henning Mankell , lived from to and was a composer. His father Ivar was a lawyer who divorced his mother when Mankell was one year old. He and an older sister lived with his father for most of their childhood.

In the biography on Mankell's website, he describes this time when they lived in a flat above the court as one of the happiest in his life. Shortly afterwards he joined the merchant marine, working on a cargo ship and he "loved the ship's decent hard-working community". He took part in the student uprising of He later returned to work as a stagehand in Stockholm.

He used the proceeds from the novel to travel to Guinea-Bissau.