CULTURETECHLENSMandela release 1990
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Combined Graph record U-01418 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0048. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Nelson Mandela was released on 11 February 1990, walking free from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years of incarceration; the event signalled the beginning of the end of apartheid and he gave his first public address that day at Cape Town City Hall.
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Nelson Mandela was released on 11 February 1990, walking free from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years of incarceration; the event signalled the beginning of the end of apartheid and he gave his first public address that day at Cape Town City Hall.
Sources
- Nelson Mandela Foundation (nelsonmandela.org), 'Nelson Mandela's release from prison: 36 years on' — tier 2/3 authoritative foundation/archive, fetched in full (verification source · master store)
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Nelson Mandela was released on 11 February 1990, walking free from Victor Verster Prison after 27 years of incarceration; the event signalled the beginning of the end of apartheid and he gave his first public address that day at Cape Town City Hall.
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