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Born in 1918, six years after the African National Congress (ANC) was founded to put leadership back in the hands of the Africans, Mandela grew up in rural South Africa in the soft, rolling hills and green valleys of the Transkei...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Born Into Racism, Mandela Overcomes | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

Mandela joined the Youth League of the ANC in 1944, rising in the ranks to National President of the Youth League...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Born Into Racism, Mandela Overcomes | 9/18/1998 | See Source »

...Cape Town has seen worse, and a gentle city surrounded by the natural splendor of a mountain and two oceans isn't particularly prone to panic. Nelson Mandela's ANC was only ever partially successful in mobilizing residents of the notoriously lethargic city to take action against apartheid; Osama bin Laden's chances of turning Cape Town into an epicenter of global jihad are, at best, remote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cape Town Bombers Have No Place to Hide | 8/26/1998 | See Source »

...continued rank-and-file enthusiasm for the populist Winnie Mandela has sounded a warning to the party?s leadership: The impoverished majority have yet to see tangible benefits from the ANC?s moderate economic policy. To ensure their support at the polls, the party is likely to reclaim the banner of liberation by intensifying rhetorical attacks on white economic privilege. But these attacks are unlikely to translate into a policy shift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Militant Mandela Passes the Baton | 12/17/1997 | See Source »

Militant Mandela Passes Torch The outgoing ANC leader tells whites: no more free rides. What's next for South Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 12/16/1997 | See Source »

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