Nelson Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country's first black president. Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon South Africa's white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. The government bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon the ANC in 1960. Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon and jailed in 1962, and in 1964 he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison. He bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon the sentence as prisoner 46664 on Robben Island, near Cape Town, but instead of disappearing from view, Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon a prison martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism.
South African President F.W. de Klerk finally lifted the ban on the ANC and bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon Mandela in 1990. Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon his position to help dismantle apartheid and form a new multi-racial democracy, and he and de Klerk bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon the country's president in 1994.
He served until 1999, when he was succeeded by his deputy Thabo Mbeki. Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom, bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon in 1994. Nelson Mandela bannedbecameopposedreleasedservedspentusedwaswas capturedwas electedwas playedwas publishedwon in the movies by Morgan Freeman (Invictus), Sidney Poitier (Mandela and de Klerk) and Danny Glover (Mandela