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Author | Nelson Mandela |
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Cover artist | Allan Tannenbaum |
Language | English |
Subject | Autobiography |
Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
Publication date | 1994 |
Publication place | South Africa |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 630 pp |
ISBN | 0-316-87496-5 |
OCLC | 39296287 |
Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography by South Africa's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, and it was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co.[1][2] The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years spent in prison. Under the apartheid government, Mandela was regarded as a terrorist and jailed on Robben Island for his role as a leader of the then-outlawed African National Congress (ANC) and its armed wing the Umkhonto We Sizwe.[3][4] He later achieved international recognition for his leadership as president in rebuilding the country's once segregationist society.[5] The last chapters of the book describe his political ascension and his belief that the struggle still continued against apartheid in South Africa.[6]
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