Nelson Mandela 's : Monroe leadership was shaped by his 1990 in prison . Prison did n't turn Mandela into a pacifist but perhaps a realist , Sylvester Monroe says . was his view of what it would take to move his country forward after the end of apartheid as a free and democratic country for all South Africans . Suffering , truth and forgiveness contributed in helping heal racial wounds , he says .
Nelson Mandela 's : Monroe leadership was shaped by his 1990 in prison . Prison did n't turn Mandela into a pacifist but perhaps a realist , Sylvester Monroe says . Suffering , truth and forgiveness contributed in helping heal racial wounds , he says .