The ANC’s Secretary-General’s Office issued a statement after the death of Nelson Mandela, a former ANC president and anti-apartheid leader. The organisation presented his life as part of its liberation history. The record also recognises that the struggle was collective: Mandela’s public prominence grew from the work of countless activists, workers, women, students and communities, many of whose contributions were less memorialised.
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Why is Mandela’s death included in an ANC organizational history?
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Mandela was a former ANC president; the account also recognises collective struggle.
The ANC’s statement after Mandela’s death described him as a former ANC president.
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The ANC identified him as its former president and liberation leader.