Long Walk to Freedom

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Long Walk to Freedom is Nelson Mandela’s autobiographical account of his life and struggle against apartheid, charting his journey from rural childhood to becoming South Africa’s first Black president.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
memoir
adaptationType film adaptation
author Nelson Mandela
countryOfOrigin South Africa
describesEvent Rivonia Trial
imprisonment on Robben Island
struggle against apartheid
transition to democracy in South Africa
describesPeriod 20th century
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2013
follows Mandela’s education and early activism
Mandela’s election as President of South Africa
Mandela’s imprisonment
Mandela’s leadership in the African National Congress
Mandela’s release from prison
Mandela’s rural childhood in Mvezo and Qunu
genre non-fiction
political autobiography
hasAdaptation Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
hasPart accounts of Robben Island imprisonment
accounts of underground political activity
reflections on negotiation and nation-building
ISBN 9780316548182
language English
mainSubject Nelson Mandela
South African politics
anti-apartheid movement
apartheid
mediaType print
notableCharacter Nelson Mandela
Oliver Tambo
Walter Sisulu
Winnie Mandela
surface form: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
portraysOrganization African National Congress
Umkhonto we Sizwe
publicationDate 1994
publisher Little, Brown and Company
Macdonald Purnell
setting South Africa
theme forgiveness
freedom
leadership
racial justice
reconciliation
resistance to oppression
timeSpanCovered from Mandela’s childhood to his presidency

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Nelson Mandela notableWork Long Walk to Freedom