Coming Of Age: The ANC\'s Hundred Year Of Struggle The African National Congress. From its founding in 1912, through the dark days of apartheid to the almost miraculous transition to democracy in the early 1990s, the ANC had been a centre stage in the fight for human rights in South Africa. By talking to liberation leaders who lived through the dramatic episodes of development, this film gauges the party\'s values, ideals and aspirations as it moved painfully towards negotiation and ultimately, liberation.