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    Long walk to freedom: the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
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    Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. In , when he was 12 years old, his father died and the young Rolihlahla became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni1.

    Hearing the elders’ stories of his ancestors’ valour during the wars of resistance, he dreamed also of making his own contribution to the freedom struggle of his people.

    He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson, in accordance with the custom of giving all schoolchildren “Christian” names.

    He completed his Junior Certificate at Clarkebury Boarding Institute and went on to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school of some repute, where he matriculated.

    Mandela began his studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Uni

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    Long Walk to Freedom, the South African first edition, inscribed and dated bygd Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela

    Johannesburg: MacDonald Purnell, First edition. Hardcover. This presentation kopia of the South African first edition of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography was inscribed and dated by him during his presidency. Mandela began writing what would become Long Walk to Freedom clandestinely in prison in It was published in , the same year that Mandela became President of South Africa. The five-line inscription on the half title reads: “To Barry Pecher, | Compliments | & | best wishes | Mandela | ”. The date is exactly a year and a day after Mandela voted for the first time in his life - in the same election that made him leader of his nation.

    Condition is very good in a very good dust jacket. The black cloth binding fryst vatten square, tight, and clean with skarp corners bright spine gilt, and minor shelf wear to extremities. The contents are bright with a crisp feel