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And the end of the book, Nelson Mandela says that his Long Walk to Freedom has really just begun. I’d always wanted to read his autobiography—being a huge fan of this admirable man—and the audio version read by Danny Glover was excellent. It even included the famous speech given by Mr. Mandela upon his release from prison in 1990.
Long Walk to Freedom is bare-bones and often heartbreaking for its matter-of-fact recounting of events which must have been anything but. Yet he leaves it to us to fill in the pain and the lost years, twenty without touching his wife, longer for some other things. He is denied his request to bury his mother and his oldest son. He emerges from twenty-seven years in prison more determined than ever to serve his beloved South Africa, all of it, black and white.
Since his book ends as it does, he would probably be very happy that so many of his friends and supporters have combined forces to inaugurate a Nelson Mandela day on his birthday, July 18th. May this new event bring about as much good for humanity as its namesake has already done.
Most highly recommended.
Long Walk to Freedom is bare-bones and often heartbreaking for its matter-of-fact recounting of events which must have been anything but. Yet he leaves it to us to fill in the pain and the lost years, twenty without touching his wife, longer for some other things. He is denied his request to bury his mother and his oldest son. He emerges from twenty-seven years in prison more determined than ever to serve his beloved South Africa, all of it, black and white.
Since his book ends as it does, he would probably be very happy that so many of his friends and supporters have combined forces to inaugurate a Nelson Mandela day on his birthday, July 18th. May this new event bring about as much good for humanity as its namesake has already done.
Most highly recommended.