Nelson Mandela was a black South African nationalist
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Nelson Mandela is 27 years in prison for fighting the country's discriminatory apartheid system of racial segregation. Negotiations in the early 1990s with the South African Pres. FW de Klerk helped end apartheid and ushered in a peaceful transition to majority rule. Mandela served as president (1994-99) of the country's first multiethnic government. Here are some of his best quotes