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35 Powerful Facts About Worldwide Peacemaker, Nelson Mandela

President of South Africa - African National Congress

13. Mandela Decided That Nonviolent Resistance Was Not Enough

An Ethiopian passport. National Archives of South Africa / Nelson Mandela.org.

The revolutionary disguised himself as a chauffeur so that he could travel the country undetected, with warrants issued for his arrest. He realized that without the peaceful engagement of the ANC, blacks were resorting to violent means to continue their anti-apartheid cause. He made the difficult decision of encouraging Spear of the Nation to support violent action as a means of diverting the guerrilla and terrorist tactics into a more meaningful direction.

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