what was nelson mandela campaigning for
Mandela and his cousin Justice then ran away to Johannesburg to escape arranged marriages. While there he met Walter Sisilu who arranged for him to start his articles in a law firm. While studying, in 1943 he joined the African National Congress (ANC) to campaign for justice for the people of South Africa.
The presidential election of 1994 was South Africa's first democratic election. ANC won the election with 62% of the votes and Mandela became the country's first Black president in May of 1994 (Nelson). Nelson Mandela is my hero because he stands for something bigger than himself.