This is an excerpt from Nelson Mandela's autobiography. The foster son of a Thembu chief, Nelson 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 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 s.
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. This is the story about what happened to the team when their glory days were behind them. By: Roger Kahn. By: Mohandas - Mahatma K.
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In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America - more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning , if we have any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas were developed, disseminated, and enshrined in American society.
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The North Vietnamese had different ideas. In mid, the leadership in Hanoi had started planning an offensive intended to win the war in a single stroke. By: Mark Bowden. The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his 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.
After his triumphant release in 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 anti-apartheid 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.
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So, read on—and be brave, be bold, and be your amazing self! When I started this book, I thought "Wow, a hour long book!
I'll probably be sick of it by the end. Nelson Mandela's life makes for a fascinating and inspiring story. Michael Boatman's performance was amazing. Most of the time, it felt as it was Nelson Mandela himself talking. If the material itself were a little more "audio friendly," this would get 5 stars, but there are just way too many hours of names, dates and places.
Some section are virtually just lists of events and who participated Regardless, it has much to recommend it and I do highly recommend it.
Michael Boatman does a very credible South African accent, although it slips away and then comes back at odd intervals. However, he puts a a lot of effort into properly pronouncing some difficult names and words in a language most non-Africans can't say at all, much less correctly. Moreover, he has a beautiful voice and does a fine acting job with material which gets very dry for extended periods. This book is full of contradictions. In sections consisting of "lists," I gave up trying to remember exactly who was who and waited for the story to resume, letting my brain drift through details I could not follow.
You may well want to read this book again in print. It is impossible to absorb or remember it all just listening to it. He is 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, a book destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures.
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, which has, until now, been virtually unknown to most of the world. Follow Us On. Search Go Advanced Search. Audio Download. Free with Audible Trial. Audio CD. Biography Autobiography.
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