February 2012
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Nelson Mandela
On February 11, 1990, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (b. 1918), the iconic leader of the anti-apartheid struggle, was released from prison after 27 years; the whole world watched the moving event live on television.
In a speech that same day, he declared forcefully, “Our resort to the armed struggle in 1960 with the formation of the military wing of the ANC was a purely defensive action against...
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