

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994–99.īefore his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe.

Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life-an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.

LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. 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. 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.

Urn:oclc:749893445 Scandate 20120103164025 Scanner 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. OL18172013W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 95.99 Pages 686 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:034910753X Urn:lcp:longwalktofreed000mand:epub:c5d4d889-6019-48ed-8dad-a4da745300f2 Extramarc UCLA Voyager Foldoutcount 0 Identifier longwalktofreed000mand Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t76t1q28p Isbn 9780316548182Ģ013498441 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Openlibrary OL20748424M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:21:03 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA153408 Boxid_2 CH101201 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Boston Containerid_2 X0001 Donor
