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Long-Walk-to-Freedom-Book-by-Nelson-Mandela-Nelson-Mandela-is-one-of-the-great-moral-and-political-leaders-of-our-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.Since-his-triumphant-release-in-1990-from-more-than-a-quarter-century-of-imprisonment,-Mandela-has-been-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-anti-apartheid-movement,-he-was-instrumental-in-moving-the-nation-toward-multiracial-government-and-majority-rule.-He-is-revered-everywhere-as-a-vital-force-in-the-fight-for-human-rights-and-racial-equality.The-foster-son-of-a-Thembu-chief,-Mandela-was-raised-in-the-traditional,-tribal-culture-of-his-ancestors,-but-at-an-early-age-learned-the-modern,-inescapable-reality-of-what-came-to-be-called-apartheid,-one-of-the-most-powerful-and-effective-systems-of-oppression-ever-conceived.-In-classically-elegant-and-engrossing-prose,-he-tells-of-his-early-years-as-an-impoverished-student-and-law-clerk-in-a-Jewish-firm-in-Johannesburg,-of-his-slow-political-awakening,-and-of-his-pivotal-role-in-the-rebirth-of-a-stagnant-ANC-and-the-formation-of-its-Youth-League-in-the-1950s.He-describes-the-struggle-to-reconcile-his-political-activity-with-his-devotion-to-his-family,-the-anguished-breakup-of-his-first-marriage,-and-the-painful-separations-from-his-children.-He-brings-vividly-to-life-the-escalating-political-warfare-in-the-fifties-between-the-ANC-and-the-government,-culminating-in-his-dramatic-escapades-as-an-underground-leader-and-the-notorious-Rivonia-Trial-of-1964,-at-which-he-was-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment.-Herecounts-the-surprisingly-eventful-twenty-seven-years-in-prison-and-the-complex,-delicate-negotiations-that-led-both-to-his-freedom-and-to-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-apartheid.-Finally-he-provides-the-ultimate-inside-account.
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