How Mandela Changed South Africa | From Prison To President | Timeline 

Today marks exactly 9 years since his passing. Feels like yesterday. Man I loved this man so so much I remember when I was very young I would take his pictures from the drum magazine and keep them in my flip file. He is one of the biggest inspirations in my life. Definitely the best of a very few people who walked this earth. What a man. I love and miss you so much. You'll forever be in our hearts. I will do my utmost best to have a golden heart like yours. Rest in perfect peace and power. Tata Madiba.🕊♥️✨

27 years of being locked up will drive a person insane. It's amazing that he kept his resolve.

Mr. Nelson Mendela's speech always inspires me. I personally have accepted some of the principles.

I am sad that there is still so much violence and hatred in South Africa. But despite all that I still love my country, and I still have hope for a better future

We don't lose friends. We just learn who our real ones are.

I never get tired of listenning to Mr. Mandela. 30 years could've boken him but he was bigger than those that emprisonned him. He maintained his self worth, his morals and values through thick and thin. He kept his humility as a political prisonner as well as the president of South Africa. He did his part in life as a beautiful soul . How is each one of us doing with our lives so far?

Desmond’s voice is so calming to Me. Like I can trust him for life

To the staff at Timeline World history, thank you Nelson Mandela led South Africa 🇿🇦 through a turbulent time.

Nelson Mandela will live in our hearts and minds for eternity. What a wonderful soul he was🙏🏾🙏🏾

RIP Mandela, from Prisoner to President,your contributions,struggles and memory will live on. You have fought the good fight.

An ode to the gentleman that defined humility & humanity--may you rest in perfect peace &, may your memory be a blessing! -The Ofori-Atta Family

I commend mama Winnie for her courage and strength. The media tried by all means necessary to break her but failed.

In spite of Mr Mandela smile the hurt and pain is still in his eyes.

Powerful Man, You are the strength of South Africa and Africa. Rest in peace Nelson Mandela, your Legacy will live with us for ever.

This is a.great documentary first and foremost and secondly Wannie Mandela is one of those rare gems bro... Every great man has one of those type of women that helped elevate him

May God Bless Our World with Peace, Freedom, Democracy, Prosperity, and Happiness!

Nelson Mandela,the man I admires for his outstanding courage.This is one of the few humble inspiring African legends.Good men dies but death cannot kill their names.Hamba kahle!❤❤❤🇳🇦🇳🇦

"One of us will emerge from that debate badly bruised. It will not be me." Made me chuckle

Thank you very Much Nelson Mandela Because you also said that Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Though you left this world but I Kim can never stop remembering your name.May you rest in peace Ps. Mandala

That speaker talks as if all problems in South Africa were Mandela's to change. No country can be changed within a short time by only one man. It takes time and work and as we see today Mandela made a huge change in his country. But there are still problems and it will need more time and great man like Mandela to bring more change.

It is our people's songs that touch my soul

Remarkable Man. Will never see anyone like him again.

I'm happy he kept going he didn't give up❤

It was my first time coming to South Africa The Nelson Mandela's homeland October 2011 and who I vision? Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. I love South African People Oh Yes and two little children sang a South African Anthem to me and my drummer and we love it and we gave them some English money and they were so happy that we have to tell them please bring it home before somebody will steal it from them. Rest In Peace Nelson xx

Making me cry, my fiance died during this time.

Mr. Tutu is so correct. We miss you, hero. Truth about it is he kept real to his truths even after his life was stolen from him.

Brought tears to my heart

Your words are still inspiring me even today ❤❤ Enkosi Madiba omdala

It needs courage to do what he did...and I regognize there are many more of such curageous people on this planet

Mandela said that courage is not an absent of fear but the triumph over it. He applied the same thing in his freedom struggle of his own land. I studied this installation of first African democratic government in my tenth standard.

*Well, Both Winnie And Nelson's Souls Are Reunited In Heaven.What God Has Joined Together Through Trials And Tribulations, No Man Can Separate.* *May Their Souls Rest In Enduring Peace.*

and now ANC is destroying all of SA, so much for Madellla's dream

Mandela was one of the greatest leader in our time. The world can learn a lot from this human being.

Such a honorable human being the respect Mr Mandela exhumes he has the respect of the world and through all the world I don't think many a man President of any other country has been so honored like Mr Mandela

Thank you sooooo much Timeline. An honour. Thank you again Pamela

Mandela changed world politics a true HERO

From boxing to president of a country this guy is good.

As a former member of the ANC and an anti apattheid activist, I am ashamed of the ANC government.

Mandela, a true hero.

Anyone who has had the privilege of shaking hands with Nelson Mandela would attest that the experience is so profound that they'd wish to preserve that moment indefinitely as if the touch of his hand left an everlasting imprint on their soul. My hero

Few people would dedicate the life for the sake of a cause. Such a brave man, even sacrificing the own life, and more the family members. I admire also the resilience of not only Mandela, but his family. Nobody will ever understand what that meant, but them. He was a man with such a personality that inspired many and, I hope will still inspire the real good leaders of the new millennium.

For me this was the beginning of a dream. It will remain my dream, a South Africa for all. My African Dream. Coincidentally I was born the year he wad sentenced to life for a dream and vision he believed in.

Mandela was a fantastic man and leader. He saved South Africa from a civil war! He was an amazing man! I wish he were younger when became president of SA he did not have enough time to do what he wanted! But if you look at the ANC today they have done nothing of witch they promised. I hope one day that SA is going to become as it should be! I love South Africa and I am proud to be a South African!

I understand that having to be separated from a dad in 27 but you have to forgive, not for them but for you ❤❤❤❤ so you can find inner peace

"Why were we stupid for so long?" 🤧 Every human beings are beautiful and precious.

The singing in the beginning 😭😭😭

Thank you 🙏 again TimeLine.

I think Mandela was a great man GOD SENT to SA RIP my brother

Wow Tata was so passionate about uMbutho amaqabane awuhlaba awuhlikiza umbutho...it is sad..

Beautiful opening song

One of my favourite Heroes ❤

Only GOD Himself can put this kind love in a man to forgive what mankind done to him And to heal. God is love

in my opinion, Nelson Mandela was one of the world's greatest leaders and he was one of those people who, no matter how much suffering he went through, he never went against his ideals of equality for all. He is sorely missed. I sympathize with the Anti-Apartheid Movement and I am infuriated that Apartheid was even introduced. It is, in the words of Alan Paton, "in essence, a rejection of man".

❤ this great black leader And what he stood for. Dr.tyrone of Chester PA

Indeed you will be remembered forever

When he said " your children will go to school for free", I shed a tear for the Fees Must victims🇿🇦

Its wrong to test somebody as a leader. You can counteract them if they violate. You can suspend them, vote them out as such if they are incompetent. Its pure judging, racism/ bigotry when this is done. The necessary qualifications and experience if any should be sufficient.

wow! thx for posting

peace is simple, all you need is just to want peace!

Beautiful country ❤️

We should learn from this great man rest in peace pa pa Mandela.🇨🇦🇸🇱🇸🇱🥰🥰🥰✌️

Just Wonderful That He Turned South Africa Around To Showing All Beauty. 😃

As a Kurd, he has a saying that fascinates me. "If you want to know Turks It's enough to be a Kurd for a day." ~𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚~ We Kurds will never forget Mr. Nelson From Northern Kurdistan❤☀️💚⬆️ love and respect

Your life has been a light to the world

This is painful my heart is bleeding

Africa is such an unusual and amazing continent

Great talk from Mandela visioned leader

He was a great leader Africa will miss him May his soul rest in peace

morgan freeman is such a good actor omgggg

It sure was ‘ A Long Road to Freedom ‘. RIP Nelson Mandela 🙏

I get gooose bumps every time i hear him talking and seeing his people winning against th white oppression, even though I'm not an Afrikaan, I give all my respect to him and to his people, rest in peace Madiba.

It was so wrong of Nelson Mandela to divorce Winnie. She stuck by him and he should have done the same for her no matter what she was accused of and no matter what crimes she committed.

Thank you Mandela may God placed you high we miss you.

the songs hits harder 💙💙💙💙💙

This is the kind of men the world need now; not Political. Rest in peace, sir

Anyone know what they're singing during the intro?

My little brother was born the day Nelson Mandela was released from prison. 11th of February 1990. It is somewhat of an honor for my brother. Also just like Mandela my brother spent many years in prison. But indeed for different less honorable reasons. He is free after 10 years in prison. He can’t imagine 27 years in prison while being innocent.

May this world be blessed with many like nelson Mandela, Yasir Arafat, Fidel Castro and mikhail Gorbachev.

I keep looking for very specific details on what Mandela accomplished exactly while President ? Where should I look ?

Too many ads!

ThankGod for this man ofGod

hello guys good afternoon everyone keepsafe GOD bless Us Mandela I respect that IAM salute sir

Mandela was like angel I love you Mandela and you are a forgettable you will always be in our hearts you opened door's

Africa we have great men but we never see unless they live us before we know how great they are talking about Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Pres.Nelson Mandela and and Dr. PLO Lumuba, but still have Lumuba with us let appreciate him listen to his speech and Africa will be great.

If there's NO FORGIVENESS. HOW IS PEACE POSSIBLE? Mandela was right.

In a world that praises Nelson Mandela's name, I dare to question the pedestal, his legacy's claim. A controversial perspective, let the truth unfold, For even icons have flaws, stories left untold. A symbol of resistance, Mandela stood tall, A champion of justice, revered by all. But amidst the accolades, let's not forget, The complexities and shadows, we must not neglect. Imprisoned for his cause, he paid a heavy price, But did his actions truly suffice? A leader of the ANC, a fighter for freedom, Yet some claim his methods strayed from wisdom. The armed struggle, a choice he made, But violence and bloodshed, a dark cascade. In the fight against apartheid's reign, Did Mandela's tactics cause more pain? His association with communism, a divisive path, Raising questions of ideology's aftermath. While he preached reconciliation, forgiveness, and peace, Did his political alliances truly cease? And in the aftermath, the legacy he left, A nation divided, lingering traces of theft. Corruption and inequality, still entrenched, While Mandela's name remains gloriously clenched. The promises made, the dreams left unfulfilled, For many, the struggle continues still. Was his leadership enough to heal the land, Or merely a fleeting glimpse of hope in the sand? I question not his resilience or sacrifice, But the totality of his impact, a matter to scrutinize. For heroes are human, with flaws and complexities, And Mandela's legacy, shrouded in discrepancies. So let us reflect on history's pages, With critical eyes, unclouded by praises. In the realm of Mandela's story untold, The truth we seek, both the bright and the bold.

Nelson Mandela deserved the nobel prize

“Liberty of People is NOT possible without liberty/ownership of land”. Paul Bogle.

To be an effective leader one must make great sacrifices

God Bless you Mr.Mandela...R.I.P GREAT LEADER...

The high hopes people had about the new South Africa, it's so sad that the opposite turned out to be the case. The people's hopes were shattered, matters worse his successors plummeted the South African economy even further through corruption. It's so unfortunate, the many years of struggle went to waste, people lost their lives so that a few blacks and their friends can lead a life of opulence

Guilt and shame have a sign board.

thanks Fazir

anyone know what the song at the start is called?

Thank God for you, Mandela. You have fought an honourable fight and had succeeded your mission. God rewards you with your destination. You will live on for ages in the hearts of those who come across you. RIP Mandela. Rest Higher.

God do not like wrong doing.When this life is over ✝️ The Lord is going to (Pay every one of us for the work that we have Did ✝️🙏Love.

Mandela he was a freedom fighter and a hero father of south Africa you will always be in our hearts rest in peace my King my father

Amazing, He is not just a leader, but a person as a SAINT!!! Clear as a dimond with brilliant clearity!! Just out of this WORLD, simply amazing!!

RIP Son of Africa. What a nice song who knows the title