The Long Walk To Freedom- Nelson Mandela

*About author*

On July 18, 1918, Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa. He joined the African National Congress in 1944, and from 1948 until his imprisonment in August 1962, he actively opposed the apartheid policies of the National Party, which was in power.

He received a five-year prison sentence in November 1962; he began serving it at Robben Island Prison in 1963 before being transported back to Pretoria, where he would subsequently testify in the Rivonia Trial. He was once more imprisoned at Robben Island Prison from 1964 until 1982, and afterwards transferred to Pollsmoor Prison, where his notoriety as a forceful symbol of resistance to the anti-apartheid movement developed rapidly.

Mandela, who was released from jail in 1990, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.Mandela was released from jail in 1990, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and took office as South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994. Long Walk to Freedom and Conversations with Myself are two of his works that have achieved international acclaim.