In school, he came to be known as Nelson. When Mandela was a child, it was customary for a South African student to be assigned an English name. I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands.”Īs a sign of gratitude for his selflessness, many South Africans refer to Mandela as Madiba, the African name of his tribe. Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

“I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. When he was released from prison in 1990, Mandela addressed the crowds from Cape Town’s City Hall, saying: He was jailed for standing up to the human rights abuses committed by the apartheid government against black South Africans. Unlike his predecessors, Mandela stepped down at the conclusion of his term.īefore becoming president, Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. In 1994, he became South Africa’s first democratically-elected president and its first black leader. He was a pioneer in ending white minority rule and fostering post-apartheid reconciliation in the early 1990s. Nelson Mandela influenced great change in South Africa that resonated around the world.

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