If you research Nelson Mandela's early years he is obviously not the saint he is being made out to be, and even on his famous "Walk to Freedom" one of the first things he does is make the Black Power sign.
Some of the outpourings about him at the moment are pure bilge !
However, during his time as President he did manage to correct his original outlook and did manage to take South Africa forward and to bring a much more stable racial attitude within the country and for that he does deserve praise, but that praise should not be made to obliterate some of the horrors that the ANC of which Nelson Mandela was an integral part, against those who disagreed with any of their policies.
And this included tribal massacres which had nothing to do with anti-apartheid to which people now associate the ANC.
I would also add that it should be celebrated the difference in attitudes that he has managed to achieve in South Africa and also the way he has promoted those changes throughout the world.
What he done post release has to be praised, however everyone has forgotten what he was imprisoned in the first place