Long Walk to Freedom; The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Presumed First U. S. Paperback Edition/First Printing. Trade paperback. [12], 638, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. Cover has some wear. Slightly cocked. Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiographical work written by South African President Nelson Mandela, and first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison. Under the apartheid government, Mandela was regarded as a terrorist and jailed on the infamous Robben Island for his role as a leader of the then-outlawed ANC. He later achieved international recognition for his leadership as president in rebuilding the country's once segregated society. The last chapters of the book describe his political ascension, and his belief that the struggle still continued against apartheid in South Africa. Mandela dedicated his book to "my six children, Madiba and Makaziwe (my first daughter) who are now deceased, and to Makgatho, Makaziwe, Zenani and Zindzi, whose support and love I treasure; to my twenty-one grandchildren and three great-grandchildren who give me great pleasure; and to all my comrades, friends and fellow South Africans whom I serve and whose courage, determination and patriotism remain my source of inspiration." Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalized racism and fostering racial reconciliation. He served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. He worked as a lawyer in Johannesburg. He became involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist politics, joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944. After the National Party's white-only government established apartheid he and the ANC committed themselves to its overthrow. In 1962, he was arrested for conspiring to overthrow the state and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial. President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990. Mandela and de Klerk negotiated an end to apartheid and organized the 1994 multiracial general election in which Mandela led the ANC to victory and became President. Mandela emphasized reconciliation between the country's racial groups. Condition: Good.

Keywords: Apartheid, Racism, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Terrorism, Oliver Tambo, Guerrilla Warfare, Winnie Mandela, Political Activism, Freedom Fighter, African National Congress, Defiance Campaign, de Klerk, Albert Luthuli, Ahmed Kathrada, Umkhonto we Sizw

ISBN: 0316545856

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