After serving 18 of his 27 years in prison in inhumane conditions, he remained the symbolic leader of the anti racism movement, and his business partner Oliver Tambo started a “Free Nelson Mandela” campaign which made him a household name and put both international and local pressure on South Africa’s racist government, before he was moved to a different prison, and later placed on house arrest, before he was released on February 11th 1990, by newly elected president F. W. de Klerk. After he was released, Mandela became involved in negotiations between the ANC, the government and other political organizations which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and the title as South Africa’s first black president in 1994. As president he fought for a multiracial government, without racial segregation or discrimination. He focused on improving human rights and the living standards of South Africa’s black population that had had been ignored and violated by past governments, by introducing several social and economic
After serving 18 of his 27 years in prison in inhumane conditions, he remained the symbolic leader of the anti racism movement, and his business partner Oliver Tambo started a “Free Nelson Mandela” campaign which made him a household name and put both international and local pressure on South Africa’s racist government, before he was moved to a different prison, and later placed on house arrest, before he was released on February 11th 1990, by newly elected president F. W. de Klerk. After he was released, Mandela became involved in negotiations between the ANC, the government and other political organizations which earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and the title as South Africa’s first black president in 1994. As president he fought for a multiracial government, without racial segregation or discrimination. He focused on improving human rights and the living standards of South Africa’s black population that had had been ignored and violated by past governments, by introducing several social and economic