Nelson mandela 1995 autobiography book review

Title: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

Author: Nelson Mandela (President, Rep of South Africa)

Publisher: Macdonald Purnell (PTY) Ltd, Randburg, South Africa.

The riveting memoirs of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time - an international hero whose accomplishments won him the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Since his release in February 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most significant moral leader since Mahatma Gandhi.As President of the African National Congress and spiritual figurehead of the anti- aparthied movement, he was instrumental in moving South Africa towards black-majority rule.

And throughout the world he is revered as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.

The foster son of a Tembu chief, Mandela grew up straddling two worlds: the traditional culture of his tribe, and the hostile reality of