The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is
**"riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system
and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it" (Washington
Post).
**Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his
time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight
against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize
and the presidency of his country. After his triumphant release in 1990
from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela was at the
center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the
world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South
Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the
nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is still
revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and
racial equality.
Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography,
destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's
greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
told the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle,
setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.
The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to
Freedom.
