when was he finally released?
1990
Nelson Mandela
1990
who become the first president of south africa in 1994 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela which political movement was he associated with? African National Congress (ANC) party was he ever imprisoned for his political views? Yes, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the 1956 Treason Trial.
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Nelson Mandela [SEP] Introduction
Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the banned South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962, and subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the state following the Rivonia Trial. Mandela served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison and Victor Verster Prison. Amid growing domestic and international pressure, and with fears of a racial civil war, President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990.