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On 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela walked out of prison after 27 years. Four years of talks, violence and hope followed, and on 27 April 1994 South Africans of all races voted together for the first time. Students follow the road from prison to presidency and ask how a divided country made peace.
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- Explain why the South African government released Mandela and legalized the ANC in 1990.
- Locate the key places of 1990-1994: Paarl, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
- Explain how South Africa avoided civil war and what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tried to do.