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Nelson Mandel Non-Racial Democracy

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On 11 February 1990 Mandela was released from prison. He set himself to fulfilling the task of transforming South Africa to a rainbow nation, and a new non-racial democracy. In 1993 he won the Nobel Peace Prize. It culminated in South Africa’s first democratic elections of 1994 after tough negotiation about representatives and political organization thanks also to international community help and

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