When in prison, Mandela wrote down a lengthy account of his life, He had time on his hands and the past came back "like a waking dream." The manuscript was smuggled out, and forms the spine of this story. I find with the autobiography of the famous that the first two-thirds - Formative Years and The Struggle - are often more absorbing than the last, Time of Fame. Indeed, the book might be seen as a love letter to Winnie.īut first, a word of caution.
Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom has humor and pathos, arrogance and humility, the occasional personal revelation, moments of terrible sadness and, running as a leitmotif through the narrative, the forgiving love for his errant wife. But now, from the top and the inside, comes a meaty yet graceful volume by the black man who incarnated the struggle.
OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID WAS MOSTLY PROVIDED BY LIBERAL AND FREEDOM-FIGHTING WHITES, THROUGH BIOGRAPHY, ACADEMIC STUDIES, AND THE MEDIA.Īs one of those responsible, far be it from me to complain.
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