Nelson Mandela Machiavellian Analysis

This essay will be answering “To what extent has Nelson Mandela followed Machiavellian Political philosophies?” and the word extent means here being two sided. Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman, secretary of the Florentine republic, who is well known for his legendary work The Prince which made him known as a disbeliever and a dishonest cynic. Nelson Mandela who was a non-white nationalist and was the first black president of South Africa, in the 1990’s he helped to end the country’s apartheid system of racial segregation and accompanied in a peaceful change to majority rule democracy. Nelson Mandela has over his time followed the Machiavellian principles from The Prince. An example would be in 1995, during Mandela’s first year as a president. South Africa won the rugby world champions where the team was a mix with black players and white players. Nelson Mandela, who supported the team’s preparations before the world cup, attended the final game, and when they won he congratulated the white captain Francois Pienaar and the “rainbow nation” was born. Nelson Mandela realized how sport success would help to reunite the black and white population. This shows the principal Timing is everything because one year after he became president things started changing over time and he realized timing plays a major role in society. In 1964, Nelson Mandel was sent to prison because police were noticing that he was starting to act as one of the leaders against the …show more content…
There is proof that Nelson Mandela did and didn’t follow Machiavellian principles. Even though most people believe that Nelson Mandela was not a leader who was Machiavellian, Nelson Mandela was also somewhat Machiavellian. Nelson Mandela could be considered as a true prince by some people and he can also not be considered as a true