Mandela spent 27 years in jail for his struggle against South Africa 's system of racial segregation known as apartheid . Freed from prison in 1990 , he became president four years later , and left office after serving only one term , a rare gesture in African politics . The internationally beloved statesman had an impressive way with words .
Mandela tatax pä tunk paqallqu maraw watañ utan ukankatana , kunalaykutix jupax munanw ch ’ iyar jaqinakax Sudáfrica uñt ’ atapxañapataki apartheid. mä waranq llatunka llatunkan maran wataña utat mist ’ xatana ( 1990 ) , ukat pusimar jalakipkipan mark p ¡ iqichirixarakitana , jupax Africatuqinx maykutikiw mak irpiritana .