Mandela’s appearance at the OAU summit signaled South Africa’s return to African and international diplomacy after apartheid-era isolation. He thanked African states and liberation movements whose support had sustained the anti-apartheid struggle, and framed South Africa’s democratic transition as part of a wider continental project. His diplomacy also highlighted the importance of African agency in ending colonial rule and racial domination.
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What did Mandela’s address to the 1994 Organisation of African Unity summit signal?
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The visit marked South Africa’s re-entry into African and international diplomacy.
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