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Hero of the apartheid struggle, he spent 26 years in jail and then became South Africa's first democratically elected president
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We present a selection of Guardian reporting on the former South African president, Nelson Mandela, from his early days as a dissident to his role as the world's elder statesman
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Nelson Mandela: 'For many he was saint-like, but in fact he was a canny politician' - video obituary
Gary Younge remembers the ecstatic reaction of ordinary voters to Nelson Mandela in 1994 on the campaign trail in South Africa's first democratic general election
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Huge pair of Ray-Bans on Cape Town promenade hijacks one of South Africa’s greatest national figures for corporate gain, writes Rebecca Hodes
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The uncomfortable handshake between Japan’s Shinzo Abe and China’s Xi Jinping prompts a look back through the archives at more stilted greetings between world leaders
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In a week full of remembrance of the first world war centenary, nominate music all about what we hope comes after the fighting, says Peter Kimpton
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Cite and sound: the pleasures and pitfalls of quoting people