A few years after Nelson Mandela was released 20 years ago from today, having been imprisoned for 27 years by the apartheid, he became the first black African to rise up to presidential power in South Africa.
Posted at the newsgallery July 19, 2009

NELSON MANDELA: COMMEMORATING ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL LEGENDS IN HUMANKIND

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Happy 91st Mr. Mandela. Thanks for all the revolutionary efforts and for the inspiring presence that you greatly provide within this chaotic globe we live in.

Photo taken while Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years by the apartheid, the white supremacists who invaded South Africa and sought to dominate the black majority of South Africans.

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain of our desires. ” Nelson Mandela

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