most brutal and isolated prisons. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in a prison yard. i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. reporter: mandela was released 27 years later. i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your suffer, your commitment and your discipline has released me to stand before you today. and his lack of bitterness towards the apartheid authorities helped him to lead one of the most remarkable political tran sixes of the 20th century, mandela, the trained lawyer and life long rebel, outmaneuvered the apartheid leaders and he steered south
government, acts punishable by death but they got life imprisonment instead, banished to robben island one of the country s most brutal and isolated prison. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in the primp yard. i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. mandela was released 27 years later. i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your struggle, your commitment, and your discipline has released me to stand before you today. and his lack of bitterness towards the apartheid authorities helped him to lead one of the most remarkable political transitions of the
another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in a prison yard. i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. reporter: mandela was released 27 years later. i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your commitment and your discipline has released me to stand before you today. and his lack of bitterness towards the apartheid authorities helped him to lead one of the most remarkable political ran sixes of the 20th century, mandela, the trained lawyer and lifelong rebel outmaneuvered the apartheid leaders and he steered south
treason and sabotage by the apartheid government, acts punishable by death. but they got life imprisonment instead, banished to robin island, one of the country s most brutal and isolated prisons. another political prisoner remembers the first time he saw mandela in the prison yard. i could see from the way he walked and from his conduct that here was a man already stamping his authority on prison regime. reporter: mandela was released 27 years later. i have spoken about freedom in my lifetime. your struggle, your commitment and your discipline has released me to stand before you today. reporter: and his lack of bitterness towards the apartheid