And if I was bewildered through those decades, totally bewildered, so was the country I came from. The majority, what was the phrase? 'Condemn utterly what is happening, this barbarity.' But that's all we did. Condemn. And march. But not often enough.

Josephine Hart
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The former South African president Nelson Mandela has risen above his time, and it wasn’t easy. He was imprisoned for 27 years for conspiring to commit treason against the white regime of South Africa. He was released in 1990 after spending 27 years in prison, and he spent the next 18 years trying to change his country. He was named the world's top anti-apartheid leader by Time Magazine in 2005. He is the only President South Africa has ever had, and he will be remembered for his humility and wisdom, but not necessarily for his political accomplishments.

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