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Nelson Mandela - The Revolutionary Leader

Thang Dat Quoc Le

Bristol University

Nelson Mandela, also affectionably knon as !Madiba" or !Tata", has left this orld in

Dece#ber $, %&'( after dedicating #ost of the years in his life for the sake of his country) *e

hu#ans have lost not only a great #an and a great leader for his country, but also a shining


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e+a#le of the kind of leadershi e so deserately need today) e has left a huge insirational

vacuu#)

Nelson Mandela, a revolutionary leader as considered by #any eole, heled organi.e

the fight against racis# and aartheid in /outh 0frica 1Brink, '2234)Mandela observed

leadershi at a young age hen atching 5hief 6ongintaba Dalindyebo, his guardian, suervising

tribal #eetings) The 5hief listened in 7uiet for days, never e+osing his oinion even after

hearing everyone8s oinion) 0fter that, his guardian guided the grou to reach an agree#ent)

Later, Mandela used this e+erience to #old his leadershi style 1/tengel, '2294:

!*hen you ant to get a herd to #ove in a certain direction," he said, !you stand at

the back ith a stick) Then a fe of the #ore energetic cattle #ove to the front and the

rest of the cattle follo) ;ou are really guiding the# fro# behind)" e aused before

saying ith a s#ile, !That is ho a leader should do his ork" 1)'4)

Mandela heled to create the ;outh League of 0frican National 5ongress 10N5;L4,

hich organi.ed rotests, boycotts, etitions, and strikes to end aartheid, and had greater

success than its arent organi.ation, the 0frican Nation 5ongress 10N54) Though, the increased

achieve#ents of the 0N5 #ade the govern#ent decide to use #ore violence against the

nonviolence rotesters) 0N5 as banned, and Mandela and other leaders reali.ed nonviolence

ould be no #ore effective and decided that the organi.ation had to continue underground,

hich resulted Mandela and other 0N5 leaders8 i#rison#ent) 0fter #ore than tenty years in

rison, Mandela decided it as ti#e to take #atters into his on hands and he #et ith the

/outh 0frican resident


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to a de#ocracy) Mandela as successful, and uon his release he as #ade the first de#ocratic

leader of /outh 0frica 1Brink, '2234)

Throughout his constant activities against aartheid and establishing a de#ocratic /outh

0frica, Mandela adoted a de#ocratic leadershi style) 0ccording to 6ohnson and 6ohnson

1%&&>4, !De#ocratic leaders set olicies through grou discussion and decision, encouraging and

heling grou #e#bers to interact, re7uesting the cooeration of others" 1) '3%4)

?n conclusion, Nelson Mandela is not only one of the greatest atriots but also the #odel

of articiative and situational leaders) is life as a revolutionary leader e#oers and

#otivates others using his strong regard for the de#ocratic rocess)


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