South Africa had a long hard fight against the Apartheid policy that the Dutch first set into place and then kept by the British. Fortunately they had a charismatic leader in Nelson Mandela, the leader of the African National Congress (ANC) to make way in the dismantlement of apartheid.
invictus- a poem that inspired a nation
The poem Invictus was inspiration to Mandela while in prison at Robben Island. Read the poem below and then watch the clips taken from the movie "Invictus" (2009). You are able to see the conditions of Nelson Mandela's actual cell and see parts of Robben Island while listening to the poem.