CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Amid growing domestic and international pressure and fears of racial civil war, President F. W. de Klerk released him in 1990. Mandela and de Klerk led efforts to negotiate an end to apartheid, which resulted in the 1994 multiracial general election in which Mandela led the ANC to victory and became president.

Detailed explanation-2: -In his early years, Mandela became aware that all black people’s freedoms were being restricted, not just his own. His desire for his own freedom eventually turned into a desire for the freedom of his people. He became a good and self-sacrificing man because of his desire for a non-racial society.

Detailed explanation-3: -"The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela” tells the story of the man behind the myth, probing Mandela’s character, leadership and life’s method through intimate recollections with friends, political allies, adversaries, and his fellow prisoners and jailers on Robben Island where Mandela spent 18 of his 27 prison years.

Detailed explanation-4: -During his presidency, Mandela also worked to protect South Africa’s economy from collapse. There was also a serious need to address the economic legacy of apartheid: poverty, inequalities, unequal access to social services and infrastructure, and an economy that had been in crisis for nearly two decades.