How a CIA Tip Sent Nelson Mandela to Prison for 27 Years

The CIA's Secret War on Nelson Mandela In 1962, a CIA tip helped the apartheid police arrest Nelson Mandela. He would spend 27 years behind bars. The state called him a terrorist. The world would come to call him the father of a nation. This is the story of how a boy from a small village became the most wanted man in South Africa, why the West helped hunt him, and how he walked out of prison to bury the system that built his cell without firing a shot. An independent, educational documentary by Empires & Souls. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Man the CIA Hunted 2:06 A Chief's Son 4:11 The City and the Cage 9:57 The Black Pimpernel 12:38 Prepared to Die 15:39 27 Years 19:11 The Long Walk Out SUBTITLES: English (CC). More languages coming. SUBSCRIBE for a new story every week: @EmpiresAndSouls FOLLOW: Instagram / TikTok / X @empiresandsouls ------------------------------------------ Every empire. Every legend. Every truth. ------------------------------------------ CREDITS & LICENSES This documentary uses archival images and footage under Creative Commons, public domain and fair-use (educational commentary). Full image & footage credits are in the PINNED COMMENT below. Maps: (c) OpenStreetMap contributors; Esri / Maxar; Natural Earth . Music & sound effects: Pixabay (Pixabay Content License). National Archives of South Africa (educational use). Thumbnail: David Mabaso 📌 Subscribe for new videos every week:    / @empiresandsouls   🔔 FOLLOW US ────────────────────────────── YouTube:    / @empiresandsouls   #historicalfigures #biography #worldhistory#NelsonMandela #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #History #Documentary #Mandela #ColdWar #CIA