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Nelson Mandela
From Robben Island to the presidency — the arc of South Africa's moral compass.
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Passes awayDies peacefully in Johannesburg, aged 95.
2013
1994
First Black PresidentElected in South Africa's first fully democratic election.
1993
Nobel Peace PrizeAwarded jointly with F.W. de Klerk.
1990
Released from prisonAfter 27 years; emerges without bitterness.
Life imprisonmentSentenced at Rivonia Trial. 27 years on Robben Island.
1964
Charged with treasonAlongside 155 activists; acquitted five years later.
1956
1944
Co-founds ANC Youth LeagueGalvanising a new generation of activists.
1918
Born in MvezoBorn in Mvezo, Transkei, South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
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