Mandela's Election: 30 Years Later

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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This month marks 30 years since Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president. However, the story of Mandela's rise to the presidency isn't all that simple. The four years between Mandela’s release from prison and his election to the presidency were some of the most violent in South Africa's history. That's the story you'll hear this week, as we revisit one of our favorite releases: Mandela: An Audio History.

Listen to the full Mandela: An Audio History series at mandelahistory.org. Find all stories from Radio Diaries at radiodiaries.org.

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0:57.0	From PRX. From PRX is Radio Topia, this is Radio Diaries. I'm Joe Richmond. This month marks the 30th anniversary of the election of Nelson Mandela. This month marks the 30th anniversary of the election of Nelson Mandela,
1:02.0	is South Africa's first democratically elected president.
1:05.9	Today in the show, we're revisiting one of the projects I'm most proud of here at
1:09.3	Radio Diaries.
1:10.3	It's called Mandela and Audio History.
1:13.0	20 years ago, we made a series about the struggle against apartheid told through interviews with the people who lived it,
1:19.0	including, I'm honored to say Nelson Mandela himself.
1:23.6	My name is Nelson Mandela.
1:28.5	I look back to the achievements not of individuals, but to the achievements not of individuals but to the achievements of collective action.
1:37.0	A group of men and women, that is the nature of our struggle.
1:45.0	It is always important to look at your history.
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