Turning points For Nelson Mandela

• becoming chief of his local tribe when his dad died 
• became increasingly aware of south African society
• became involved in politics
• was expelled from fort hare for organizing a student strike
• was instrumental in pushing the ANC into more direct action
• become increasingly repressive making it more difficult for the ANC for operate
• had to resign from ANC and worked there
• noted in his autobiography the judiciary were one of the least repressive parts of the South Africa state
• arrested and sentenced in Robbin island prison
• increasingly looked to negotiation 
• presided over the transition from minority rule and apartheid