ABSTRACT
On the morning of February 12, 1990, I sat quietly in the TV lounge of my residence hall and watched as Nelson Mandela was released from prison, where he had spent 27 years of his life. What a momentous occasion in the history of South Africa! As I sat transfixed by the television screen, I thought about the political struggles that Mandela and other political activists had to undertake against the ruthless system of apartheid. I wondered if Mandela’s release from prison symbolized the end of a repressive era in the history of South Africa . . . or was it the beginning of another struggle?
