No Easy Walk to Freedom (African Writers Series) - Softcover

Mandela, Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435907824 ISBN 13: 9780435907822

Publisher: Heinemann, 1986

Synopsis

This collection of Nelson Mandela's articles, speeches, letters from underground, and transcripts from the trials in which he was accused vividly illustrates his magnetic attraction as Africa's foremost campaigner for freedom.

About this title

About the Author:

Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 to one of the royal families of the Transkei, the eldest son of a Temba chief. He studied at the University of Fort Hare until he was expelled for participating in a student protest. He became a leading member of the ANC until 1963, when he was arrested, tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. He spent the next eighteen years in the maximum-security prison for political prisoners on Robben Island, and was later moved to Pollsmoor Prison. During his incarceration he became a potent symbol for the anti-apartheid movement, and in response to increasing domestic and international pressure was finally freed on 11 February 1990. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and in 1994 was elected president of South Africa in its first multiracial elections. He led the country until 1999. Mandela died in December, 2013.

Review:

“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against White domination and I have fought against Black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and achieve. but if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”–Nelson Mandela

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0435907824
• ISBN 13: 9780435907822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190