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Nelson Mandela Grasping Hands with Al Gore
Vice President of the United States, Al Gore, meets President Nelson Mandela at Genodendal, the President's residence in Cape Town. Former President of South Africa and longtime political prisoner, Nelson Mandela, was held by the apartheid based government from 1964-1990 for sabotage. With the coming of a freer political climate, Nelson Mandela was released from his life sentence at Victor Vester Prison on February 11, of 1990. He went on to lead the African National Congress in negotiations with President F. W. de Klerk, that resulted in the end of apartheid and full citizenship for all South Africans. He and de Klerk received a joint Nobel Prize in 1993 for their efforts. Mandela was elected president in 1994.
Louise Gubb
Photographer: Louise Gubb
Date Photographed: February 1997
Location Information: Cape Town, South Africa
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