Long Walk To Freedom Book

MANDELA’S TOP-TEN-TIPS FOR GREATNESS

‘A Long Walk To Freedom’ is Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. It was written by himself in the crucible of his suffering, and not in the relative ease of his later years. It tells us what he really believes and feels, without fear, favor or prejudice; as such it provides us with Mandela’s blueprint for greatness.
Here, in my opinion, are the top ten characteristics of greatness as recorded and lived by the great man himself:

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Kill Mandela Novel By John Mountford

prologue and chapter one

‘When darkness comes we leave our hiding place. The sheep stand like ghosts as we run past them, heading for the road. The rain has stopped but clouds block the moon, nyanga. It breaks through on and off like silver torchlight, but it doesn’t matter. We keep going. It’s almost midnight and these farmers are in bed. They’ve eaten well, from their Saturday afternoon braaivleis, and they’re sleeping. A dirt road outside of Bredasdorp, a quiet road, a late hour and all the world’s asleep. Except for the two of us – my older brother Sipho, and me.’

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Full Moon Over St Francis Bay South Africa

chapter one

May 1986 Thursday
‘Lying on my back, chest heaving, I look up at the ceiling and trace the orbits of the planets around the sun, testing my memory of these basics of astronomy as I had done a thousand times before. Nine planets worshipping the sun. Understanding their movement, relative to their Sun God and to one another, was the basis of astronomy and the purpose of my life.’

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