His name was Rolihlahla, but everyone knows him by his white name: Nelson Mandela, the most respected African leader of all time. He managed to become the first black president of South Africa. A lawyer graduated from a university reserved for black people, he focused on activism against racial segregation and his rebellious spirit would lead him to lead non-violent protests against it, making him the face of the opposition to apartheid. He would be arrested and charged with conspiracy in August 1962.
Sentenced to death in the Rivonia trial, on April 26, 1964, 60 years ago, he gave a speech that continues to move today: “I have cherished the ideal of a free and democratic society in which all people live in harmony and equality.” of opportunities. But, if necessary, it is an ideal for which I am willing to die.”
