The official children's picture book edition of Nelson Mandela's internationally bestselling autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.
Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on 18 July 1918.
He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in
resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies
for many years before being arrested in August 1962. Mandela was
incarcerated for over twenty-seven years, during which his
reputation as a potent symbol of resistance to the antiapartheid
movement grew steadily. Released from prison in 1990, Mandela won
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and was inaugurated as the first
democratically elected president of South Africa in 1994. He is the
author of the international bestseller Long Walk to Freedom. He
passed away on 5 December 2013, aged ninety-five.
Chris van Wyk was born in Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto in 1957. He
was educated at Riverlea High School in Riverlea, Johannesburg
where he still lives and works as a full-time writer. He writes
poetry, books for children and teenagers, short stories and
novels.
Paddy Bouma was born in Cape Town. She taught Lithography and
Illustration at the University of Stellenbosch, and has exhibited
her work on many occasions. She has illustrated a number of picture
books that have been published internationally. Paddy lives in the
Jonkershoek Valley, Stellenbosch.
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