1. What attitude did Mandela have about rebuilding South Africa after he was released from Prison? 2. Was he bitter or was he ready to move on?

1. After 27 years of prision, Nelson Mandela was still the leader of the anti-apartheid movement, he wanted to end the racial oppression but with peace and democracy. His first public words after leaving prision were "Comrades and fellow South Africans, I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom,"

2. Nelson Mandela was ready to move on, in fact he had a reunion with the president of South Africa one night before leaving prision, which started a series of negotiations that ended the apartheid and resulted in Mandela being president in 1994.