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He organized an oragnization called Defiance Campaign and involved non- violent action of defiance against South African and their racist policy.
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Mandela formed Umkhonto we Sizwe or also known as "Spear of the Nation." It devoted to showing violent action against the government
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Mandela is the proud reciever of the Nobel Peace Prize which he recieved it along with de Klerk. He also dedicated the award to Mahatma Gandhi, whom he was greatly influenced from
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Mandela became the president of South Africa and he was the first African to be elected
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Mandela received the Order of Canada
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In 2001, Mandela received honorary canadian citizenship. He is the very first person to receive honorary canadian citizenship when Canada bestowed the honour on him
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The United Nations General Assembly declared Mandela's birthday as 'Mandela Day' as an effort to acknowledge his great work in the anti-apartheid movement
