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Release of Nelson Mandela (1990)

On the Decolonization of Africa map as “Mandela walks free”

11 Feb 1990 — After 27 years, Nelson Mandela leaves Victor Verster prison on foot, fist raised. Nine days earlier F. W. de Klerk had unbanned the ANC. Negotiation, not conquest, will end apartheid.

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Turning point
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Apartheid in South Africa (chapter 10 of Decolonization of Africa)
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The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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Map showing Release of Nelson Mandela (1990), turning point in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
TURNING POINT · THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA, 1945–1994

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