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South Africa's first Black president, Nelson Mandela, died on Dec. 5, 2013. Revisit the speeches that made Mandela the most prominent figure of the anti-apartheid movement.

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Mr. Mandela, an amateur boxer and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, rose from poverty and obscurity to defeat the white minority rule of apartheid and become the president of South Africa.

3. Commitment to do what is right. Once he was president, Nelson Mandela was faced with many people calling for revenge and retribution against the white rulers who promoted Apartheid.

Nelson Mandela is revered worldwide and celebrated on July 18, his birthday. But at home, a younger generation is disillusioned with the country, his party and the anti-apartheid leader, too.

Zoleka is the granddaughter of Nelson’s second wife, Winnie Mandela. She was 10 years old when he was released from prison following his 27-year detention in 1990.