num_pages: 6
description: 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 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 Long Walk to Freedom.
language: English
title: Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
titlecomplete: Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
characters: Nelson Mandela
genres: Politics, Biography, Africa, South Africa, Race, Autobiography, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 84637
series: Long Walk to Freedom
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Alan Paton Award
publisher: Little, Brown & Company