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Mandela notes show ‘grave error’
Unseen writings of Nelson Mandela which are being sold this week show the anti-apartheid leader at his most candid.
The former South African president’s archive shows him chiding himself over a “grave error of judgement” when he proposed lowering the voting age to 14.
He also talks about how he was “not a very bright student” at university.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) is selling the rights to the 100,000-word archive of notes, diaries and letters at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xo?li?a?a man?de?la]; born 18 July 1918 in Transkei, South Africa)[1] is a former President of South Africa, the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, who held office from 1994–99. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress’s armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe. The South African courts convicted him on charges of sabotage, as well as other crimes committed while he led the movement against apartheid. In accordance with his conviction, Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. He is currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela’s clan. The title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela.
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