No Easy Walk to Freedom

This classic collection of Nelson Mandela’s articles, speeches, letters from underground and the transcripts from his trials was first published in 1965. Overnight, No Easy Walk to Freedom became an indispensable guide to the political thought of a man who was to become one of the twentieth century’s greatest statesmen. Twenty years into South Africa’s democracy Mandela’s voice is greatly missed. Now in a new edition, No Easy Walk to Freedom is not only a vital historical document but also offers us the opportunity to re-engage with Mandela’s thinking on issues such as nationalisation, the independence of the judiciary, land redistribution, the need for a strong constitution and the role of the strike in political discourse. No one who wants to understand the political thinking that made Mandela the global icon he is today should be without a copy. With introduction by political commentator William Gumede and the original foreword by Oliver Tambo.