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History World · November 4, 2026

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After 27 years in prison, a former lawyer and anti-apartheid leader was released in 1990. Four years later, in the country's first fully democratic election, he became its president.

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💡 Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison on Robben Island.

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