Premise: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( [ mænˈdɛlə ] 18 July 1918 -- 5 December 2013 ) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary , politician , and philanthropist , who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 . He was the country 's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election . Although initially committed to non-violent protest , in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government . uMkhonto we Sizwe ( abbreviated as MK , [ uˈmkʰonto we ˈsizwe ] , meaning `` Spear of the Nation '' ) was the armed wing of the African National Congress ( ANC ) , co-founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre . The concept of universal suffrage , also known as general suffrage or common suffrage , consists of the right to vote of all except a small number of adult citizens ( or subjects ) .
Hypothesis: Nelson Mandela was uninvolved in politics.
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