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Nelson Mandela: South Africa’s Heroic Freedom Fighter In 1952 Nelson Mandela became the deputy national president of the African National Congress, advocating nonviolent resistance to apartheid. However, after a group of peaceful demonstrators were slaughtered in Sharpeville, South Africa, Mandela organized a paramilitary branch of the African National Congress to carry out guerrilla warfare against the white government. He was against the apartheid in South Africa and that motivated him to become an activist and leader of the African National Congress (ANC). However, the apartheid regime viewed him and his party as terrorists and communists because he was fighting to end the apartheid in South Africa. Since he had a strong commitment to non violence, he became involved in the underground armed resistance activities. After being acquitted of charges of treason, he was arrested and convicted of harm and sentenced to life in prison, where he became the leading icon of South Africas exploited black majority. His involvement in the African National Congress and the underground armed resistance led to his trial and imprisonment on October 25, 1962. After, Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in a cell on Robben Island, and Victor Verster Prison. He was finally released in 1990, as an expression of President de Klerks promise to change the government policy in South Africa. After he was released from prison, Mandela was elected in July, 1991 as the president of the African National Congress, after a delightful world tour. He represented the African National Congress in the disorderly negotiations that led to establishment of majority rule. In South Africas first multiracial elections in 1994, Mandela was elected president, and served until 1999. Mandela accepted the Nobel Peace Prize as an honor to all people who have worked for peace and stood against racism. He regards it as a tribute to the people of Norway who stood against apartheid the world was silent. Ne