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Long Walk to Freedom is die voormalige Suid-Afrikaanse President Nelson Mandela se outobiografie.

Dit begin tydens die vroeë jare van sy lewe en sluit besonderhede in van sy lewe, opvoeding en die byna drie dekades wat hy opgesluit was in die berugte tronk op Robbeneiland.

Die boek bereik 'n hoogtepunt met sy styging in die politieke leer op, gevolg deur sy siening dat die stryd teen apartheid voortgaan selfs na die val van die apartheidsbewind.

Die eerste deel van Long Walk to Freedom dek Mandela se vroeë jare.

Hy is gebore in die koninklike Thembu-familie en van sy vroegste dae af, was hy bekend om die status quo (bestaande toestand) uit te daag.

Dit het aan hom die bynaam besorg van Rolihlahla, wat vertaal as "trek die tak van 'n boom," wat 'n eufemisme is vir "kattekwaaddoener." Hy het Clarkebury College bygewoon, 'n Thembu skool. Later is hy na die streng Healdtown Skool, waarna hy gegradueer het aan die Universiteit van Fort Hare en toe die reg beoefen het nadat hy sy graad gekry het.

Deel twee van Long Walk to Freedom fokus op die sosiale en politieke fasette van apartheid en die invloedryke stemme op hierdie beleid, veral Daniel Francois Malan, wat apartheid begin het en wat die laagtepunt veroorsaak het van vryheid van swartes in Suid-Afrika.

In die volgende deel van sy outobiografie, beskryf Mandela sy tyd in Pollsmoor Gevangenis en Robbeneiland, waar hy oorgelaat was aan die genade van wrede wagte en onderwerp was aan strawwe arbeid.

In Mandela se doodsberig is verslag gedoen dat die hoofstukke nader aan die einde van die boek geskryf is deur 'n spookskrywer, 'n joernalis van die Verenigde State; alhoewel die joernalis se naam nie bekend gemaak is nie.

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Long Walk to Freedom is former South African President Nelson Mandela's autobiography.

It starts during the early years of his life and includes details of his life, education, and the nearly three decades he spent incarcerated at the notorious prison on Robben Island.

The book culminates in his ascension up the political ladder, followed by his view that the fight against apartheid continues even after the fall of the apartheid regime.

The first part of Long Walk to Freedom covers Mandela's early years.

He was born into the royal Thembu family, and from his very earliest days, he was known for challenging the status quo.

This earned him the nickname Rolihlahla, which translates as "pulling the branch of a tree," which is a euphemism for "mischief-maker." He attended Clarkebury College, a Thembu school and later went to the austere Healdtown School, following which he graduated from the University of Fort Hare and then practiced law after graduation.

Part two of Long Walk to Freedom focuses on the social and political facets of apartheid and the influential voices on this policy, particularly Daniel Francois Malan, who commenced apartheid, bringing about the nadir of the freedom of blacks in South Africa.

In the next part of his autobiography, Mandela describes his time in Pollsmoor Prison and Robben Island where he was at the mercy of cruel guards and subjected to grueling labor.

In Mandela's obituary, it was reported that the chapters toward the end of the book were ghostwritten by a journalist from the United States, although the journalist's name was not revealed.

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