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Former leader of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela 'Madiba' was South Africa's first black head of state and the first president to be elected democratically. From 1964 to 1990, he was imprisoned for his involvement in the armed resistance to apartheid. During his incarceration, Mandela became an international symbol of freedom, social justice and racial equality. His period of presidency from 1994 to 1999 saw the reconciliation of black and white South Africans, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (with F. W. de Klerk) in 1993. He was committed to combatting poverty and HIV and AIDS through the Nelson Mandela Foundation, founded in 1999.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)

Date

2008

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 68.5 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

6868

Acquisition method

purchased, 2009

Work type

Bust

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

Ian Homer Walters

1930–2006

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