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“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
It was July 17 2016 when I took the ferry to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 28 years in prison.
We were greeted by our guide, a former prisoner of the island. The minute he mentioned that, I looked around me at the faces of my fellow visitors to find each one has teared up.
The guide showed us the 2x2 meter cell where Mandela spent 18 years before relocating, the small courtyard where prisoners were allowed to spend a few hours, and the salt quarries where they worked and where Nelson's eyes were affected.
All the while, I started questioning how? How did all this not break Mandela? How did he emerge to become one of the most influential leaders of the world? what was the secret?
well, as it turned out, it wasn't a secret at all.
In this book, which I read during my flight back home and reread a couple of days ago in Honor of Nelson Mandela Day July 18th, Nelson documents his life from childhood up until he became president
Since he was a child and then a teen, he witnessed the injustice and racism of black people by the AFRIKANS in South Africa, the segregation that forced treating people by their color, the apartheid that saw the original blacks of SOUTH AFRICA as less than even the animals.
Mandela tried to do the right and peaceful way to help his people by using his law profession. But this only led him to prison. However, inside the prison, he invested his time in strengthing his mind
“Prison is itself a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is, above all, a test of one's commitment…”
The harshness of prison life was clear within our guide when he became emotional while talking about how the prisoners were treated
Nelson documented all that in his book so the generation would never forget that up until a few years ago, depriving a human of their rights because of their skin color was a thing. and unfortunately, it is still happening.
The book is a tribute to life
a tribute to comrades fought and lost their lives to the cause
a tribute to a nation
and a tribute to a great man
It is called LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
so of course the book is thick, but every page is laced with heartbreak, cultural stories, and wisdom
It was July 17 2016 when I took the ferry to Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 28 years in prison.
We were greeted by our guide, a former prisoner of the island. The minute he mentioned that, I looked around me at the faces of my fellow visitors to find each one has teared up.
The guide showed us the 2x2 meter cell where Mandela spent 18 years before relocating, the small courtyard where prisoners were allowed to spend a few hours, and the salt quarries where they worked and where Nelson's eyes were affected.
All the while, I started questioning how? How did all this not break Mandela? How did he emerge to become one of the most influential leaders of the world? what was the secret?
well, as it turned out, it wasn't a secret at all.
In this book, which I read during my flight back home and reread a couple of days ago in Honor of Nelson Mandela Day July 18th, Nelson documents his life from childhood up until he became president
Since he was a child and then a teen, he witnessed the injustice and racism of black people by the AFRIKANS in South Africa, the segregation that forced treating people by their color, the apartheid that saw the original blacks of SOUTH AFRICA as less than even the animals.
Mandela tried to do the right and peaceful way to help his people by using his law profession. But this only led him to prison. However, inside the prison, he invested his time in strengthing his mind
“Prison is itself a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is, above all, a test of one's commitment…”
The harshness of prison life was clear within our guide when he became emotional while talking about how the prisoners were treated
Nelson documented all that in his book so the generation would never forget that up until a few years ago, depriving a human of their rights because of their skin color was a thing. and unfortunately, it is still happening.
The book is a tribute to life
a tribute to comrades fought and lost their lives to the cause
a tribute to a nation
and a tribute to a great man
It is called LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
so of course the book is thick, but every page is laced with heartbreak, cultural stories, and wisdom
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Must read for those wanting to fight for true freedoms
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