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  1. 1918- . South African politician and lawyer.
  2. As organizer of the banned African National
  3. Congress (ANC), he was acquitted of treason
  4. 1961, but was given a life sentence 1964 on
  5. charges of sabotage and plotting to overthrow
  6. the government. In prison he became a symbol
  7. of unity for the worldwide anti-apartheid
  8. movement. In Feb 1990 he was released, the
  9. ban on the ANC having been lifted.
  10.