• Premiered: Feb 2017
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 22
  • Ended
  • BET
  • Wednesday at 20
  • Drama History Mini-series

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Season 1
1x1
Part 1: Troublemaker and Defiance
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 01, 2017
After his father's death and backing out of an arranged marriage, Nelson flees his village and heads to Johannesburg, where he continues his work as a underground revolutionary.
1x2
Part 2: Spear of the Nation and Total Strategy
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 08, 2017
Despite personal financial hardship, Nelson takes on the grueling task of raising funds for the ANC. Once he ends up at Robben Island serving a life sentence, his friend Oliver keeps the struggle alive on the outside.
1x3
Part 3: Brains Not Blood and A New World
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 15, 2017
Mandela is finally released from prison but his liberation does not come without cost as he is unable to reconcile his marriage. With the country in a state of contention, Mandela is the only man who can unify a divided nation.
1x4
Life imprisonment
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 21, 2017
Imprisoned for life on Robben Island, Nelson keeps up his resistance. Meanwhile the ANC, led by President Oliver Tambo, manages to keep the international spotlight trained on apartheid.
1x5
Consciousness without violence
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 27, 2017
The campaign to free Mandela orchestrated by an exiled Oliver Tambo gains popularity, propelling Mandela's cause and the anti-apartheid message into international acceptance.
1x6 Show finale
President Mandela
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 2017
After twenty seven years in prison, freedom for Mandela does not guarantee a free and democratic South Africa. Nelson must face betrayals, personal heartbreak and the loss of his most trusted friend.

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