Asked in a 1961 paper

After an outbreak of the violence, African National Congress was banned in 1961 by the government of South Africa. Name its leader who was sentenced to life imprisonment?

Correct answer: D. Nelson Mandela

  • A. Robert McNamara
  • B. Robert Mugabe
  • C. Kofi Annan
  • D. Nelson Mandela

Explanation

Nelson Mandela was the ANC leader sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial in 1964 and released in 1990. Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe, while McNamara and Annan were not South African anti-apartheid leaders.

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