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Dec 5, 2013 · Africa's Greatest Freedom Symbol. Son of a chief, Nelson Mandela studied law and became one of South Africa's first black lawyers. Early in the 1950s he was elected leader of the youth wing of the ANC (African National Congress) liberation movement.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded jointly to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa"
He was widely accepted as the most significant black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength. He consistently refused to compromise his political position to obtain his freedom. Nelson Mandela was released on February 11, 1990.
During his imprisonment, Mandela became a rallying point for South Africa's oppressed, and the world's most famous political prisoner. Nelson Mandela shared the Peace Prize with the man who had released him, President Frederik Willem de Klerk, because they had agreed on a peaceful transition to majority rule.
Among his awards were the Nobel Peace Prize, [227] the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, [467] the Soviet Union's Lenin Peace Prize, [466] and the Libyan Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights. [468]
Oct 16, 1993 · Black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela and white President Frederik W. de Klerk, former enemies who joined forces to end roughly three centuries of repressive white rule and bring democracy to...
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1964-1982 - Incarcerated at Robben Island Prison off Cape Town. 1982-1990 - Imprisoned at Pollsmoor Prison. February 18, 1990 - Released. 1991 - Elected president of the ANC. 1993 - Received Nobel Peace Prize. 1994 - 1999 - President of South Africa.
