On February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa. One of his greatest pleasures—watching the sun set while listening to the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky—had been denied to him for decades. Locked in his cell during daylight hours and deprived of music, Mandela was cut off from these simple yet deeply cherished moments of peace.
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