It’s not yet been a full day since the great man passed, but already people are paying tribute in the best ways they know how.
And for some, that means getting ink done.
Here are some of the efforts trickling in so far:
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Nelson Mandela, a senior member of the African National Congress, in prison on Robben Island. (credit:PA)
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circa 1964: Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress (left) in discussion with C Andrews, a Cape Town teacher. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A file photo dated 1961 of South African anti-apartheid leader and member of the African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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File photo of African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie at their wedding in 1957. This copy was taken from the family album the original was by Alf Khumalo. (Photo credit should read ALF KHUMALO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA: Nelson Mandela (3rd from right), leader of the African National Congress (ANC), Patrick Molaoa and Robert Resha charged with treason by the South-African Union walked to the room where their trial was being held, Drill Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa.(Photo by API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), adopts a boxing pose, wearing shorts, t-shirt and boxing gloves, circa 1950. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) Zinzi Mandela (c), daughter of jailed-for-life African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela, holds a placard, 29 August 1985 at the campus of the Cape Town University as she and other black and white students stage a demonstration requesting the release of ANC activists. At right, an other student holds a picture of Mandela. (Photo credit should read GIDEON MENDEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Winnie Mandela (C), leaves the Palace of Justice in Pretoria 16 June 1964 with her fist clenched, after the verdict of the Rivonia Trial was given, sentencing eight men, including her husband anti-apartheid leader and member of the African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela, to life imprisonment. The men were charged with conspiracy, sabotage and treason. (Photo credit should read OFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African women demonstrate in front of the Law Courts in Pretoria, 16 June 1964, after the verdict of the Rivonia trial, in which eight men, among them anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. The eight men were accused of conspiracy, sabotage and treason. (Photo credit should read OFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Eight men, among them anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia trial leave the Palace of Justice in Pretoria 16 June 1964 with their fists raised in defiance through the barred windows of the prison car. The eight men were accused of conspiracy, sabotage and treason. (Photo credit should read OFF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela studies a giant card to her then-husband African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela at his 70th birthday held in Johannesburg 18 July 1988. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela addresses the crowd standing behind a pile of cards to her then-husband South African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela at his 70th birthday held in Johannesburg 18 July 1988. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela with her grandson Ntsika addresses at her then-husband jailed African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday held in Johannesburg 18 July 1988. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela studies messages to her then-husband South African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela at his 70th birthday held in Johannesburg 18 July 1988. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Zinzi Mandela, daughter of jailed-for-life anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, wearing 16 July 1988 in Soweto boxing gloves given to her father by the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson as a present for his 70th birthday. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Crowds of people carrying cross & ANC banner w. pix. of Mandela at Uitenhage shootings memorial service (rally) at Kwanobuhle stadium. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BRANDFORT, SOUTH AFRICA - MARCH 26: Winnie Mandela (L), wife of ANC vice-president Nelson Mandela, arrives at the town of Brandfort, 26 March 1986, where she has been banished for nine years. Winnie Mandela arrived with boxes of toys for local children from a top west German diplomat. (Photo credit should read GIDEON MENDEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) Winnie Mandela (l), wife of jailed-for-life anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, raises a clenched fist 27July 1987 during the funeral of Sello Motau, senior member of the 'Umkhonto We Sizwe' (Spear of the Nation), the ANC military wing, who was gunned down in Swaziland 09 July 1987. At Winnie's left, Sello Motau's mother. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Black youths w. commemorative t-shirts (incl. release Mandela) bearing ANC flag at funeral for anti-apartheid unrest victims in Alexandra township. (Photo by Selwyn Tait//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Rev. Allan Boesak (C) in crush of press, at entrance to Victor Verster Prison, re impending release of ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Press waiting at entrance to Victor Verster Prison for arrival of Winnie Mandela, re impending release of her husband ANC ldr. Nelson. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A young man holds a local newspaper announcing that ANC is unbanned, on February 02, 1990 in Cape Town during a demonstration of anti-Apartheid marchers demanding the release of all the political prisoners in South Africa, in which anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read RASHID LOMBARD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Winnie Mandela in crush of reporters, arriving at Victor Verster Prison to see her husband ANC ldr. Nelson, re his impending release. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(Multi-racial) crowd of ANC supporters demonstrating for release of imprisoned African Natl. Cong. ldr. Nelson Mandela. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Conservative Party (pro-apartheid) supporters at right-wing rally, w. KP & anti-(Pres.) F.W. (de Klerk) & ANC ldr. Mandela banners. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie raising fists upon his release from Victor Verster prison after 27 yrs. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela and wife Winnie raising fists upon his release from Victor Verster prison after 27 yrs. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOUTH AFRICA - CIRCA 1990: Nelson Mandela in Soweto, South Africa in 1990 - The leader NELSON MANDELAduring the meeting of African National Congress (ANC) after his liberation. (Photo by Lily FRANEY/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson & Winnie Mandela (prob.) at ANC rally in Capetown, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela poised against ANC flag backdrop, at ANC rally in Capetown, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) and his then-wife Winnie raise their fists 11 February 1990 in Paarl to salute cheering crowd upon Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela delivers his first public speech in Cape Town, 11 February 1990, since his release from jail. He urged white South Africans to join ANC in working for a new South Africa. At right, Mandela's wife Winnie Mandela. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHALDHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela rides in car through cheering fans as exiting from Victor Verster prison upon his release, 11 February 1990. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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A jubilant Sowetan holds up 11 February 1990 in Soweto a newspaper announcing the release of anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, at a mass ANC rally. South African President de Klerk lifted 02 February the 30-year-old ban on the ANC and the South African Communikst Party, and 11 February, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Vester prison, near Cape Town, after 26 year since he was sentenced to life imprisonment. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Members of nea-fascist All White Brotherhood protest against Frederik de Klerk's reforms and imminent release from jail of anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela during a rally in Pretoria, 10 February 1990. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African activist and Nobel Peace Prize and Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu reacts at announcement of the freedom of the anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, on February 10, 1990 at his home in Soweto. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Women and children dance and sing on road near Nelson Mandela's Soweto home, 10 February 1990, shortly after hearing that African National Congress leader is to be freed from jail. Nelson Mandela spent 26 years in jail. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Freed anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) and his wife Winnie stroll, 12 February 1990, in the garden of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's residence in Cape Town, one day after the release from jail of Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela smiles as he poses during a photo session after his first press conference since his release from jail, 12 February 1990 in Cape Town. AFP PHOTO WALTER DHLADHLA (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela shown in a file photo dated 12 February 1990 posing for photographers in Cape Town during a photo session after his first press conference after his liberation from jail. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Young boys try to see anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela at Orlando soccer stadium 12 February 1990 whilst thousands of Sowetans wait for him. Mandela arrived in Johannesburg this evening but has not been to Soweto yet. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Young boys try to see anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela at Orlando soccer stadium 12 February 1990 whilst thousands of Sowetans wait for him. Mandela arrived in Johannesburg this evening but has not been to Soweto yet. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Jubilant inhabitants of Soweto attend a mass african National Congress (ANC) rally to be addressed by freed anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela at Orlando stadium in Soweto, 12 February 1990. It's the first rally Nelson Mandela is holding since his release from jail, 11 February 1990. The rally was originaly called for to celebrate the unbanning of the ANC but turned out to be a celebration for the release from jail of Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (2nd-L), together with South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu (L), Mandela's then-wife Winnie (C), Walter Sisulu, ANC secretary-general and former Robben Island prison inmate (2nd-R), and Sisulu's wife Albertina, walk in this file photo taken 12 February 1990 in the garden of Tutu's residence in Cape Town, one day after Mandela's release from jail. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA: Young boys try to see ANC President Nelson Mandela at Orlando soccer stadium 12 February 1990 whilst thousands of Sowetans wait for him. Mandela arrived in Johannesburg this evening but has not been to Soweto yet. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela smiles and clenches his fist as he poses during a photo session after his first press conference since his release from jail, 12 February 1990 in Cape Town. AFP PHOTO WALTER DHLADHLA (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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People march in Havana, 15 February 1990, to celebrate the liberation of South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in jail, was freed 10 February 1990. (Photo credit should read RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA: Enthusiastic supporters wait behind a banner commending the release of ANC leader Nelson Mandela outside Mandela's Soweto home 14 February 1990 leaning against a wall fence while Nelson Mandela was being interviewed. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) and former political prisonner Andrew Mlangeni (R) listen to Cyril Ramaphosa of the Reception Committee on how to disperse the large crowd which had gathered outside his Soweto house, febrary 13th. (Photo credit should read PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela and his wife Winnie play with their grandchild Bambata at their Soweto home 21 February 1990. After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. On June 12, 1964, eight of the accused, including Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. Nelson Mandela was released on February 11, 1990. AFP PHOTO WALTER DHLADHLA (Photo credit should read WALTER DHALDHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Jubilant inhabitants of Soweto find room where they can in and on a bus to reach Orlando stadium in Soweto, 12 February 1990, to attend a mass African National Congress (ANC) rally to be addressed by freed anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela. It's the first rally Nelson Mandela is holding since his release from jail, 11 February 1990. The rally was originaly called for to celebrate the unbanning of the ANC but turned out to be a celebration for the release from jail of Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela (c), together with his then-wife Winnie (l), Walter Sisulu (r), Veteran ANC secretary-general and Robben Island prisoner and Sisulu's wife Albertina (2nd-r), are seated 13 February 1990 on the platform in the middle of Soweto Soccer City stadium, during a rally attended by over 100,000 people, to celebrate Mandela's release from jail 11 February 1990. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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General view of Orlando stadium in Soweto, 13 February 1990, where thousands of ANC supporters wait for freed anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela before he addresses his first rally since his release from jail, 11 February 1990. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress marshall wearing a Mandela T-shirt raises her fist at Orlando stadium in Soweto, 13 February 1990, where thousands of ANC supporters wait for anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela before he addresses his first rally since his release from jail, 11 February 1990. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, flanked by his wife Winnie, waves to the crowd during a pop concert in his honour at Wembley Stadium, 16 April 1990 in London. Nelson Mandela was released from jail on 11 February 1990. (Photo credit should read GERRY PENNY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) and Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda (R) wave to the crowd as they arrive at a mass rally of ANC, at Independent Stadium, 03 March 1990 in Lusaka, seat of the exiled ANC. Nelson Mandela, who was released from jail 11 February 1990, is in Zambia to attend a meeting of ANC National Executive Committee. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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The new Namibian President Sam Nujoma (R) and South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela walk through Windhoek airport 20 March 1990, at the beginning of Namibia's independence celebrations which was ruled by South Africa since 1919. Mandela was released from a South African prison in February 1990, after President de Klerk had unbanned the ANC. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) supporters welcome South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela as he arrives in Zimbabwe, 04 March 1990, in Harare. Nelson Mandela, who was released from jail 11 February 1990, is here for a three-day visit. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Music fan displays a portrait of anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela during the 'human rainbow' music concert organised by local artists to welcome the ANC leader's release from 27 years of imprisonment last 11 February, at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, 17 March 1990. AFP PHOTO WALTER DHLADHLA (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldrs. Nelson & Winnie Mandela (fore) & Walter & Albertina Sisulu (in tow) walking outside, at rally; Bloemfontien, Orange Free State, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela (C) raising clenched fist, walking w. comrades past crowd filled stands, at rally in Bloemfontien, Orange Free State, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson & Winnie Mandela sitting chatting, outside, during rally; Bloemfontien, Orange Free State, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Supporters of anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela salute during a mass rally of African National Congress (ANC), a few days after his release from jail, 25 February 1990, in the conservative Afrikaaner town of Bloemfontein, where ANC was formed 75 years ago. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (2nd L), flanked by his wife Winnie (2nd R), jubilates as he is welcomed by French president Francois Mitterrand and his wife Danielle (R), during a ceremony in his honour at Trocadero Square on the Plaza of Freedom and Human right, 06 June 1990 in Paris. Nelson Mandela, who was released from jail on 11 February 1990, is in Paris for a two-day official visit. (Photo credit should read DANIEL JANIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (C), flanked by his wife Winnie (4th R), signals the start of the 'Nelson Mandela International Marathon', that was organized by the National Union of Algerian Youths held at the Martyrs Sanctuary in Algiers, 18 May 1990. At his Right is Sid Ahmed Ghozali, Algerian foreign minister. (Photo credit should read ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (l) and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi hug each other 18 May 1990 upon Mandela arrival to Tripoli. (Photo credit should read MIKE NELSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) speaks 19 May 1990 with anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela who arrived for a 24 hours visit. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/MONA SHARAF (Photo credit should read MONA SHARAF/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (2nd L), flanked by his wife Winnie (C) and French president's wife Danielle Mitterrand (R), attends a ceremony in his honour at Trocadero Square on the Plaza of Freedom and Human right, 06 June 1990 in Paris. Nelson Mandela, who was released from jail on 11 February 1990, is in Paris for a two-day official visit. (Photo credit should read DANIEL JANIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (2nd L), flanked by his wife Winnie (C) and French president's wife Danielle Mitterrand (R), attends a ceremony in his honour at Trocadero Square on the Plaza of Freedom and Human right, 06 June 1990 in Paris. Nelson Mandela, who was released from jail on 11 February 1990, is in Paris for a two-day official visit. (Photo credit should read DANIEL JANIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Africa's President F.W. de Klerk (L) and anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela shown in a file photo dated 04 May 1990 shaking hands in goodwill at a joint press briefing, after historic 'talks about talks' between the South African government and the ANC in Cape Town. (Photo credit should read RASHID LOMBARD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Africa's President Frederik Willem de Klerk (L) and anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela addresses the media during a joint press briefing, after historic 'talks about talks' between the South African government and the ANC in Cape Town. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: This file photo shows former African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela (L) as he waves to the media and fans 25 June 1990 after finishing his joint statement with former US President George Bush (R) on the White House South Lawn in Washington,DC. (Photo credit should read KEVIN LARKIN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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S. African ldr. of ANC Nelson & Winnie Mandela (R) facing battery of press outside WH after mtg. w. Pres. Bush. (Photo by Dirck Halstead//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela smiles 22 June 1990 in New York, raising his arms over his head as he receives applause at the United Nations. Mandela urged the U.N . to maintain sanctions against South Africa until apartheid is abolished. (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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S. African ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela speaking at podium un- der mural showing racial harmony reading: Keep the Pressure on Apartheid, at Yankee Stadium. (Photo by William Foley//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) meets with Paris' mayor Jacques Chirac, 07 June 1990, in Paris Town Hall. Mandela, who was released from jail on 11 February 1990, is on a two-day official visit in France. (Photo credit should read DANIEL JANIN/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Le président François Mitterrand (D) s'entretient avec le leader sud-africain anti-apartheid et membre du Congrès National Africain (ANC) Nelson Mandela sur le perron de l'Elysée, le 07 juin 1990, à l'issue d'un déjeuner.South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) speaks with French President François Mitterrand after lunch at the Elysée Palace, 07 June 1990. (Photo credit should read MICHEL CLEMENT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela stands 27 June 1990 in Atlanta with his wife Winnie (l) after placing a wreath at the grave of Martin Luther King, Jr. First-left, Coretta Scott King, the widow of M. L. King. (Photo credit should read LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (R) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 04 July 1990 on the steps of No 10 Downing Street. Mandela is on a two day visit to the United Kingdom. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/GERRY PENNY (Photo credit should read GERRY PENNY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela raises his arms to acknowledge applause from members of the Senate and House of Representatives 26 June 1990. Nelson Mandela is the third private citizen in history to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Standing above Mandela are House Speaker Thomas Foley (L) and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/KEVIN LARKIN (Photo credit should read KEVIN LARKIN/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA: South African National Congress President Nelson Mandela blows, 18 July 1990 in his Soweto home, candles on his 72nd birthday cake, the first he has celebrated as a free man since 1960, as his then-wife Winnie (c), family and friends look on. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela (c) cheers 22 July 1990 the crowd as he holds up high the keys of his Mercedes Benz car, a gift, that was especially built and handed to him by South African workers of Mdantsana, a black township near East London. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pres. Bush (R) & S. African ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela shaking hands during WH arrival fete. (Photo by Dirck Halstead//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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S. African ldr. of ANC Nelson Mandela addressing joint session of Cong., w. House Spkr. Tom Foley in bkgrd. (Photo by Terry Ashe//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (L) speaks to the press and fans 25 June 1990 after finishing his joint statement with U.S. President George Bush senior (R) on the White House South Lawn. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/KEVIN LARKIN (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pres. Bush (R) & S. African ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela speaking at arrival fete on WH grounds. (Photo by Dirck Halstead//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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S. African ldr. of ANC Nelson Mandela addressing joint session of Cong., w. House Spkr. Tom Foley & Sen. Robert Byrd (L) in bkgrd. (Photo by Terry Ashe//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela appears to be in a similary meditative mood as Mahatma Gandhi depicted in painting at top on October 15, 1990 in New-Delhi where Mandela is on an official state visit. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/P. MUSTAFA (Photo credit should read P. MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela raises fist while addressing on September 05, 1990 in Tokoza a crowd of residents from the Phola park squatter camp during his tour of townships. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming the country's first black president IN 1994. Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), which opposed South Africa's white minority government and its policy of racial separation, known as apartheid. AFP PHOTO TREVOR SAMSON (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela addresses at a funeral of 12 people died during recent township unrests in Soweto, 20 September 1990, in Soweto. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela hugs, October 1990, a young Sowetan girl as he visits the black township near Johannesburg. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela's house in fore of sprawling black township of Soweto, outside Johannesburg, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (l) listens 27 June 1991 in Soweto to Joe Slovo, South African Communist Party chief. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Portrait of anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela, 02 July 1991, in Durban, during the ANC's first national congress to be held in the country in the last 30 years. Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in jail, was freed on 11 februeary 1990. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MATANZAS, CUBA: South African Nationa Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela smiles 26 July 1991 in Matanzas as he salutes the crowd . A right, Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (Photo credit should read OMAR TORRES/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela (C) greets Cuban Olympic boxer Teofilo Stevenson (L) 25 July 1991 in Havana. Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) inaugurated the opening of the Panamerican Games village. (FILM) AFP PHOTO/RAFAEL PEREZ (Photo credit should read RAFAEL PEREZ/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (r) looks 25 April 1991 in London at a new wax portrait figure of himself at famous Madame Tussauds Waxworks. (Photo credit should read JOHNNY EGGITT/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) Picture dated 07 July 1991 shows South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arriving at a rally marking the end of the African National Congress (ANC) first national congress inside South Africa. Mandela bade farewell 16 December 1997 in Mafikeng to his leadership of the ANC with a stinging attack on whites, some of whom he said are involved in a 'counter-revolutionary conspiracy'. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Portrait dated 08 February 1991 of Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member, during a press conference he is holding one year after his release from jail. ANC leader spent 28 years in jail. (Photo credit should read TREVOR SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA: Zinzi Mandela (l), daughter of South African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela, wearing Xhosa traditional outfit, and her father Nelson, smile, 26 October 1992 in Soweto, after Zinzi married Zweli Hlongwane, a black businessman. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela talks with white girls, 14 March 1993, in Camperdown, while visiting the Natal Midlands region. (Photo credit should read PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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1993: Portrait of Manchester United Manager Alex Ferguson and ANC Leader Nelson Mandela during their tour to South Africa. \ Mandatory Credit: David Rogers/Allsport (credit:Getty Images)
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PHOLA PARK, SOUTH AFRICA: Residents of Phola Park remove barbed wire enclosing their squatter settlement after African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela's address, 31 May 1992. Mandela attacked President F.W. de Klerk for his 'crime' of shirking responsibility for the violence in the black townships. Phola Park is the site of continuing ANC and Inkatha violence. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man wearing traditional Zulu dress stands in front of a member of the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto We Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), at a cultural day in Durban, 24 October 1993, attended by 50000 people and addressed by African National Congress president Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read GUY TILLIM/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela is surrounded by men wearing traditional Zulu dress, at a cultural day in Durban, 24 October 1993, attended by 50000 people. (Photo credit should read GUY TILLIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Pres. Bill Clinton (C) flanked by S. African ANC ldr. Nelson Mandela (R) & Pres. F.W. De Klerk, at open-air ceremony. (Photo by Cynthia Johnson//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A little girl tries to catch a glimpse of African National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela at a training farm at Boskop in the Western Transvaal, 31 January 1994, where he is campaigning for votes for the upcoming 27 April elections. South Africans will vote 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela walks past ANC female scouts during his electoral campaign tour in Transkei, 04 March 1994. South Africans will vote 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela listens to a little boy at a training farm, 31 January 1994 in Boskop, Western Transvaal, where he is campaigning for 27 April general elections. South Africans will vote 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela (R) shakes hands with Zulu's Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi after their day-long meeting in Durban, 01 March 1994. Mandela meets Buthelezi in a bid to persuade him to take part in South Africa's first democratic and multiracial general elections to be held on the 27th April 1994. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 26: Time's January 3 issue to be published 27 December 1993, shows a combo on its cover, a 25 Dec release, of (L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, South African President Frederik W. de Klerk and Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat who have been named 'Men of the Year' by the magazine for their efforts to resolve two of the world's deepest hatreds. (Photo credit should read H.O/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA: African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela (L) presents a medal for bravery to James April, member of the Umkhonto We Sizwe (armed wing of the ANC) during the 32nd anniversary celebrations of the ANC army in Soweto, South Africa, 16 December 1993. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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General view of the Nobel Peace Prize-giving ceremony, where both African National Congress President Nelson Mandela (L) and South African president Frederik De Klerk (R) received the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize, 10 December 1993 in Oslo. (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) President (2nd-l) and South Africa's last apartheid President Frederik de Klerk (r), display to journalists 10 December 1993 in Oslo their Nobel Peace Prizes. De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela for their efforts in securing a peaceful transition from apartheid rule. De Klerk resigned as leader of South African National Party in 1997, having served as Mandela's second deputy President until 1996. (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) President (l) and South Africa's last apartheid President Frederik de Klerk (r), shake hands 10 December 1993 in Oslo after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prizes. De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela for their efforts in securing a peaceful transition from apartheid rule. De Klerk resigned as leader of South African National Party in 1997, having served as Mandela's second deputy President until 1996. (Photo credit should read GERARD JULIEN/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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PROMOSA, SOUTH AFRICA: A coloured (mixed race) supporter shouts pro-Nelson Mandela slogans while holding a ANC election manifesto poster here at an election campaign meeting in Promosa, a coloured township outside Potchefstroom in western Transvaal, South Africa, 30 January 1994. Mandela appealed to vote for the ANC in the 27 April first non-racial general elections. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African majorettes rest 25 March 1994 during an African National Congress (ANC) election rally at Kollekoberg stadium in Graaf Reinet, prior to a scheduled appearence by Nelson Mandela. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Picture dated 21 March 1994 shows South African President Nelson Mandela and African National Congress (ANC) leading figure Tokyo Sexwale (L) at a peace rally in Sharpville, south of Johannesburg. Tokyo Sexwale, one of the leading figures in the ruling ANC, is stepping out of South African politics to enter the business world, press reports said 26 June. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African president Nelson Mandela (2nd R) shares a joke with Prince Charles (3rd L), his grandchildren and members of British pop group Spice Girls at his residence in Pretoria, 01 November 1997. Left from Prince Charles are the Spice Girls Mel C and Emma, in the center Spice Girl Mel B and on the right of Mandela Spice Girl Geri. Prince Charles is on a week-long visit to Southern Africa while the Spice Girls are here to perform at the Nations trust concert tonight. The Prince of Wales and his son Prince Harry will attend the performance. (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela visits a traditional hut during electoral campaign tour, 05 March 1994 in Maekwezen. South Africans will vote 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) supporters listen to the address of ANC President Nelson Mandela during a mass rally in Mafikeng Mmabatho stadium on March 15, 1994 prior to the 27 April general election. South Africans will vote 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. AFP PHOTO WALTER DHLADHLA (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A crowd of estimated 40.000 African National Congress (ANC) supporters listen to the address of ANC President Nelson Mandela during a mass rally in Mmabatho 15 March 1994 prior to the 27 April general election. South Africans will vote 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. Mmabatho Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mafikeng, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 59,000 people and was designed and built in 1981 by a Russian construction firm. The South African general election of 1994 was an election held in South Africa to mark the end of apartheid, therefore also the first held with universal adult suffrage. AFP PHOTO WALTER DHLADHLA (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BISHO, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 18: ANC President Nelson Mandela attends an election rally in at Mngqesha 18 April 1994, the former 'Great Palace' of a famous Xosha King, wearing traditional clothes he was just presented with. (Photo credit should read GUY TILLIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 17: African National Congress(ANC) President Nelson Mandela visits a hospitalized victim of a stampede at an election rally which he addressed in Cape Town, South Africa, 17 April 1994. Three people died and 20 were injured in the stampede. (Photo credit should read GUY TILLIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 9: Parliamentarians applaud as African National Congress (ANC) leader and President-elect Nelson Mandela (r) shakes hands 09 May 1994 in Capte Town with Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi during the inaugural sitting of South Africa's first all-race parliament. (Photo credit should read PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress leader and President-elect Nelson Mandela (C) and deputy presidents Thabo Mbeki (L) and Frederik W. de Klerk (D) receive the cheers of parlementarians as they enter the inaugural sitting of South Africa's first all-race parliament in Cape Town, 09 May 1994. One of Mandela's first handshakes among the 400 members was for his Zulu rival, Mangosuthu Buthelezi. (Photo credit should read PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela speaks with the press 30 April 1994 before his lunch with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed in Sandhurst, a Johannesburg suburb. South Africans have voted 27 April 1994 in the country's first democratic and multiracial general elections. (Photo credit should read KEVIN CARTER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 2: African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela dances in victory in South Africa's first all-race elections during a celebration ceremony at his party's headquarters late 02 May 1994. CALIFORNIA OUT --- MAGS OUT--- (Photo credit should read ANACLETO RAPPING/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: ANC youths wait for ANC President Nelson Mandela atop a billboard in a township outside Durban16 April 1994 prior to an election rally. (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 21: South African President Nelson Mandela (R) congratulates his wife Winnie after she has been elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) on the last day of its 49th constitutional congress in Bloemfontein, South Africa, 21 December 1994. The Mandela's have been seperated since 1992. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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EMPANGENI, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 5: An Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporter destroys an ANC election poster showing Nelson Mandela's face as thousands take to the streets of Empangeni, South Africa 05 April 1995 to call for a delay of the April elections. (Photo credit should read GUY TILLIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African President Nelson Mandela dances during the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) provincial conference in Durban 03 December. The Natal ANC is meeting to elect new leaders and consider their election defeat in this strife-torn province. (Photo credit should read GUY TILLIM/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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New S. African flag of newly elected black majority govt. led by ANC ldr., Pres-elect Nelson Mandela, flying (over Army station) in Johannesburg, S. Africa. (Photo by William F. Campbell//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African President Nelson Mandela, the former leader of the African National Congress (ANC), exults 18 December 1997 before declining a nomination to the party's all-powerful national executive committee (NEC) during the 50th National Conference at Northwest University in Mmabato, northwest of Johannesburg. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African President Nelson Mandela (L) and his deputy Thabo Mbeki (R) greets the crowd from the stage during an African National Congress rally at the Orlando stadium in Soweto, 28 March 1999. Thousands of people gathered to see the two leaders launching their ANC's campaign for South Africa 2 June1999 general election. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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FILES --South African Walter Sisulu (L), freedom fighter and one of the historic leaders of the African National Congress (ANC), hugs former South African president Nelson Mandela beside his cake 18 May 2002 during his 90th birthday party given by the ANC in Johannesburg. Sisulu died 05 May 2003, the ruling ANC party announced. Sisulu served 26 years in prison alongside former president Nelson Mandela and other leading opponents of the apartheid regime. AFP PHOTO YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African President Thabo Mbeki (C), former President Nelson Mandela (2D R) and his wife, Graca, toast South African Walter Sisulu (3D L), freedom fighter and one of the historic leaders of the African National Congress (ANC), 18 May 2002 during his 90th birthday party, given by the ANC in Johannesburg. Sisulu died 05 May 2003, the ruling ANC party announced. Sisulu served 26 years in prison alongside former president Nelson Mandela and other leading opponents of the apartheid regime. AFP PHOTO YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki addresses African National Congress (ANC) supporters in front of a billboard of President Nelson Mandela at a rally in Durban 29 May 1999. Thousands of ANC supporters gathered at the Kings park stadium to hear Mbeki speak. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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MAY 15: Two gold miners listen to a address by South African President Nelson Mandela 15 May during his visit to the Vaal Reefs gold mine, where 104 miners died in an underground accident 10 May. Mandela committed his African National Congress(ANC) to a 27,000 USD contribution to a disaster fund and personally fronted 2,7000 USD. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African President Nelson Mandela (L) takes a national salute during a military parade in Durban, 29 April 1995 to celebrate the first anniversary of the integration, into the South African military, of the former guerrilla armies of the African National Congress (ANC). (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South African President and African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela explains to his supporters, 24 June 1996 in Mzinga, at a rally for 26 June local elections that the cap he is wearing says AFP (Agence France Presse) and not IFP (Inkhata Freedom Party) the ANC's bitter political rivals. (Photo credit should read PHILIP LITTLETON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SHARPVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA: African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, in leopard skin, releases a white dove for peace at a rally to commemorate 34th anniversary of the massacre of 69 demonstrators by the police in Sharpville 21 March. Mandela praised Judge Richard Goldstone whose commissioner of inquiry implicated police generals in the gun-running to the Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party. (Photo credit should read WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela takes part in an African National Congress (ANC) election rally at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg on April 19, 2009. In a sea of black and gold, more than 100,000 ANC supporters today feted an anticipated victory in next week's South African elections, electrified by the presence of Nelson Mandela and presidential favourite Jacob Zuma. AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Former South African President and Nobel peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela listens to the African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma (not in picture) remarks on August 02, 2008 during the Mandela 90th birthday ANC celebration at Loftus stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Former South African president and Nobel peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela(C) ANC president Jacob Zuma(L) and South African president Thabo Mbeki(R) raise their arms on August 2, 2008 as they arrive on stage during the Mandela 90th birthday ANC celebration at Loftus stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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South Africa's ruling party frican National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma(L) is pictured with former South African President Nelson Mandela (Bottom R) in Johannesburg at Ellis Park stadium on April 19, 2009 at the final African National Congress election rally. Nelson Mandela (L) made a surprise appearance Sunday drawing wild cheers from a throng of 100,000 people. After 15 years of democracy, the ANC is still the party of choice for the country's mainly black and poor majority who feel populist presidential candidate Zuma will address the challenges facing them. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Former South African president and Nobel peace prize laureate Nelson Mandela laughs as he blows on August 02, 2008 the candles on his birthday cake on stage during the Mandela 90th birthday ANC celebration at Loftus stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(FILES) -- A file photo taken 29 October 2007 shows South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela applauding as he poses with some of the local musical talent who will be performing at the 46664 AIDS benefit concert on 01 December. South Africa's ruling ANC and a charity set up by former president Nelson Mandela were accused 06 November 2007 of getting money from a winning bidder in a controversial multi-million dollar arms deal. 'Allegations that the ANC (African National Congress) received money from arms deal suppliers have been speculation up until today,' Patricia de Lille, leader of the small opposition Independent Democrats, said in parliament. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela pays tribute to his life-long friend and ANC colleague Walter Sisulu, at the apartheid struggle hero's funeral in Soweto 17 May 2003. AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - JULY 16: Former President Nelson Mandela greets the crowd at the closing ceremony of the 15th International AIDS conference July 16, 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS states that the world is losing the fight against the AIDS virus, which last year infected a record 5 million people and killed 3 million. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Former South African President Nelson Mandela gestures after casting his vote for his country's third democratic general election, 14 April 2004. Ten years after the end of apartheid, South Africans vote today in elections that are to hand President Thabo Mbeki's ANC party another resounding victory and a mandate to fight AIDS, crime and poverty. The African National Congress, which under Mandela ended decades of white minority rule, could even clinch a two-thirds majority in parliament and is battling to take the remaining two of the nine provinces where it does not hold sway. AFP PHOTO ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is given a portrait on behalf of members of the Phoenix community, south of Durban, 06 April 2004 in appreciation of his life long contribution to bringing about national reconciliation. Mandela was campaigning for the upcoming 14 April 2004 elections. Looking on is African National Congress's (ANC) Zonnie Seedat (R) a local community leader. AFP PHOTO / RAJESH JANTILAL (Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Winnie Mandela, wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela waves to the crowd in Johannesburg at Ellis Park stadium on April 19, 2009 at the final African National Congress election rally. Nelson Mandela made a surprise appearance drawing wild cheers from a throng of 100,000 people. After 15 years of democracy, the ANC is still the party of choice for the country's mainly black and poor majority who feel populist presidential candidate Zuma will address the challenges facing them. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Presidential favourite Jacob Zuma (L) helps former South African president Nelson Mandela at the end of an African National Congress (ANC) election rally in Johannesburg on April 19, 2009. In a sea of black and gold, more than 100,000 ANC supporters today feted an anticipated victory in next week's South African elections, electrified by the presence of Nelson Mandela and presidential favourite Jacob Zuma. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013(155 of159)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela greets supporters at an African National Congress (ANC) election rally at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg on April 19, 2009. In a sea of black and gold, more than 100,000 ANC supporters today feted an anticipated victory in next week's South African elections, electrified by the presence of Nelson Mandela and presidential favourite Jacob Zuma. AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013(156 of159)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela with Conservative Party leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha Cameron at The Dorchester in central London. (credit:PA)
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013(157 of159)
Embargoed to 0001 Thursday February 11 File photo dated 29/6/2008 of former South African President Nelson Mandela with Conservative Party leader David Cameron at The Dorchester in central London. On the 20th anniversary of Mandela's release from prison, a senior Labour MP and former trade union leader today called on Cameron to apologise for his visit to apartheid-era South Africa. (credit:PA)
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013(158 of159)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela during his meeting with Conservative Party leader David Cameron at The Dorchester in central London. (credit:PA)
Nelson Mandela 1918-2013(159 of159)
Former South African President Nelson Mandela laughs during his meeting with Conservative Party leader David Cameron at The Dorchester in central London. (credit:PA)