Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most potent moral leader since Gandhi. The foster son of a Tembu chief, Mandela grew up straddling two worlds: the traditional culture of his tribe and the hostile reality of a white-dominated nation-state. His pivotal role in the anti-apartheid movement led to a life underground and imprisonment for his political beliefs and activities. A triumphant sequence of events then followed which climaxed in April 1994, with the appointment of Mandela not only as the first-ever black South African president, but as the first man to govern a democratic, multi-racial South African society. This work is Mandela's own account of his and his country's epic journey. Abridged and illuminated with dramatic photographs, this deluxe edition chronicles the man, his land and his people.
- ISBN10 0316548189
- ISBN13 9780316548182
- Publish Date 1 October 1995 (first published 1 November 1994)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 15 October 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Paperback
- Pages 638
- Language English