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South Africa celebrates 20 years of freedom for Nelson Mandela

February 11, 2010

Nelson Mandela memorably took his first steps as a free man after 27 years in prison on February 11, 1990, paving the way for the progressive dismantling of racist apartheid rule in South Africa.

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