Long Walk To Freedom: 'Essential reading' Barack Obama

Nelson Mandela

Apr 2013 · Hachette UK

About this eBook

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama

'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' The Times

'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity' Andre Brink

'Splendid... This is his story and the story of that struggle and a people's victory' Desmond Tutu

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader.

Ratings and reviews

The most inspiring book I have ever read. I laughed, I cried, and looked at my own life as a man and asked what do I stand for. What can I do just to make a portion of the contribution that this man has made to human civilization. This book is a blueprint of on how a human being should live his or her life.

To me,Baba Madiba was like Jesus .He imitated and witnessed the life of Jesus by his example. A man who chose to suffer inoder to freed the oppressed,his country SA.

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About the author

Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa, on 18 July 1918. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948 before being arrested in August 1962. In November 1962 he was sentenced to five years in prison and started serving his sentence at Robben Island Prison in 1963 before being returned to Pretoria, where he was to later stand in the Rivonia Trial. From 1964 to 1982, he was again incarcerated at Robben Island Prison and then later moved to Pollsmoor Prison, during which his reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the anti-apartheid movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994. He is the author of the international bestsellers Long Walk to Freedom and Conversations with Myself.