Definition of leadership The art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.

BBC.co.uk Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy.

Background of Nelson Mandela Born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918 Joined the African National Congress in 1944 engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC after the banning of the ANC formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe

Arrested in 1962 and jailed for 27 years Released on February 11, 1990. In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organization had been banned in 1960, Mandela was elected President of the ANC Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994