"There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintops of our desires." After twenty-seven years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela was finally released in February 1990. This collection of articles, speeches, letters from the underground, and trial records vividly demonstrates the charisma and determination of an influential figure in the struggle for racial equality in South Africa. Now in a new edition, No Easy Walk to Freedom is both a vital historical document and a retrospective on the life and thoughts of one of the greatest freedom fighters the world has ever known.