nelson mandela

Nelson Mandela was held in prison for 27 years. He was first imprisoned in Robben Island and was then shifted to Pollsmoor Prison and was later moved to Victor Verster Prison. In the year 1990 he was granted freedom after international pressure and increasing civil strife. After he gained freedom, he became the President of the ANC and went on to publish his autobiography. He later started and spearheaded the negotiations with F.W. de Klerk and asked him to abolish the apartheid policy and demanded the establishment of multiracial elections for year 1994.

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In 1952, after joining the Defiance Campaign against the apartheid policies of the Afrikaner nationalists, Nelson Mandela became the President of ANC's Transvaal Branch. Mandela then used to work as a lawyer and was repeatedly arrested for conducting mutinous activities. From 1956 to 1961, Mandela was prosecuted along with ANC leadership in Treason Trial but later he was found to be not guilty of the charges.

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Nelson Mandela was born 18 July 1918 in South African.
He became President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial election. Although he could have been reelected, Nelson Mandela on served one full term in office. He was also the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
was born 18 July 1918 in South African.
He became President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, the first black South African to hold the office, and the first elected in a fully representative, multiracial election. Although he could have been reelected, Nelson Mandela on served one full term in office. He was also the President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

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Here is a picture quite memorable, the historic handshake between Barack Obama and Raul Castro.

This day is historic in many ways: one it is the day of the funeral for one of the greatest leaders in world, Nelson Mandela. It is also the day so many leaders in the world are gathered in one place. However, one of the events that will be in the news media for a while is this historical handshake. Is this the handshake that finally mark the end of the cold war?

I think Raul Castro was as surprised as the next person to the unexpected gesture of President Barack Obama. He smiled when Barack Obama shook hands on his way to the podium at the Soccer City Stadium of Johannesburg

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This is a picture of the leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela and the former president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

It is important to compare these two leaders as many people believe that Jean Bertrand Aristide had the opportunity to become a leader at the magnitude of Nelson Mandela but was unable to capitalize on it

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In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa after the first multiracial elections that were held in the country. He attempted to get rid of ethnic tensions through the formation of Government of National Unity. He was formed Truth and Reconciliation Commission for proper investigation into the human rights abuses that occurred in the past. He picked up the liberal economic policy of the previous government and made improvements to it in fields of healthcare, poverty combat and land reforms.

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When Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress and joined forces against the apartheid movement of the ruling party, he actually believed in non-violence. However, later he joined forces with South African Communist Party. It is then that he co-founded the Umkhonto we Sizwe - a militant group. The group was founded in 1961 and was responsible for bombing government targets. Nelson Mandela was once against arrested in 1962 under the convictions of sabotaging government property and for conspiring the overthrowing of the ruling government. In Rivonia Trial, Mandela was sentenced for life imprisonment.

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born to Thembu royal family. Mandela studied from Fort Hare University and then received his law degree from University of Witwatersrand. His involvement with anti-colonial politics started when he was in Johannesburg and then joined the African National Congress and later became one of the founding members of the Youth League of ANC. In 1948, the National Party's Afrikaner nationalists came to power and started implementing apartheid policy against which Mandela stood in Defiance Campaign of 1952 and became a prominent figure.

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Here is a picture of Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, popularly known as Nelson Mandela served as South African President from 1994 to 1999. He was the first ever South African black to have held that position through the first ever multiracial and fully representative election to be held in the nation. The focus of Mandela government stay concentrated on dismantling of apartheid legacy and the path chosen was that of tackling inequality and poverty, racial reconciliation encouragement and dealing with institutionalized racism. He was politically a democratic socialist and African Nationalist who served as the President of ANC or African National Congress from 1991 to 1997. Mandela also held the position of General Secretary of Non-Aligned Movement for one year from 1998 to 1999.

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After his arrest, Nelson Mandela was transferred from Pretoria to the prison on Robben Island. he remained in that prison for 18 years in isolation. his prison cell measured 8 feet (2.4 m) by 7 feet (2.1 m), with a straw mat on which to sleep. He received on a regular basis verbal as well as physical harassment by white prison guards during his stay. he would spend his days breaking rocks into gravel, until being reassigned in January 1965 to work in a lime quarry

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