纳尔逊·曼德拉成了神话。对他本国的许多人以及世界上不少人来说,他事实上是南非的救世主。他战胜了这个大陆上最后一个白人少数政权,而使许多外人认为更了不起的功绩是他战胜了一个因认为自己是祖国的公民而犯了罪、被在牢房里关押了27年的人有权怀有的怨恨。幸运的是,对读者来说,出现在其回忆录《走向自由的漫长道路》中的纳尔逊·曼德拉远比神话中那个偶像富有人性。他是一个天真、固执的年轻人、一个不称职的丈夫和父亲。他迷惑他的盟友并控制他的追随者。他不批评支持其解放斗争的 Nelson Mandela became a myth. To many in his own country and to many in the world, he is in fact the savior of South Africa. He defeated the last white minority on this continent and what many outsiders thought even more remarkable was his victory over a man who had been guilty of having considered himself a citizen of the motherland and held in jail for 27 years Hate resentment. Fortunately for the reader, Nelson Mandela appears in his memoir, The Long Way to Freedom, far more human than the mythological idol. He is a naive, stubborn young man, an incompetent husband and father. He confused his ally and controlled his followers. He does not criticize and support his liberation struggle