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Article: On Mandela's left. (Nelson Mandela and the Pan-African Congress)
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- The Nation
- Article date:
- March 12, 1990
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For the twenty-seven years that he was in jail, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela grew to be a legend-the world's best-known political prisoner, the personification of black suffering and a symbol of the hopes of the black community. On his release, Mandela surprised those who might have been hoping for a moderate turn in his thinking by expressing his support for the continuation of the armed struggle and economic sanctions. But evidently he still hopes that President F.W. de Klerk will create what Mandela calls "a climate conducive to negotiations:' He has clearly aligned himself, then, with Africa's optimists, who believe that de Klerk is ready to share power with blacks in a ...
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