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...Mandela trains in Algeria. After returning he is jailed for illegally leaving the country, among other charges. He is convicted of sabotage and sentenced to life in prison...
After the Sharpeville massacre, Mandela is detained until 1961. Going underground, he later launches the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, which some have termed a terrorist organization...
...elects Mandela president of the group during its first national conference after decades of government bans...
After refusing several conditional offers of early release, Mandela leaves prison...
...Mandela is inaugurated as president of South Africa...