Mandela supported using guerilla tactics to force the British to grant independence to South Africa.

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False. Nelson Mandela initially advocated for nonviolent protest and negotiation to achieve South African independence and to end apartheid. However, after years of oppression and limited progress through peaceful means, he co-founded the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), known as Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), in 1961. While he did support armed resistance as a last resort, his broader goal was to achieve national liberation and equality for all South Africans, not specifically to use guerilla tactics against the British. The struggle for independence was primarily directed against the apartheid government, which was in power at the time.