In 1943 he had his first taste of direct protest when he marched with his friend Gaur and the others in the support of a bus boycott. Mandela found the experience of marching with his people inspiring and was impressed by the effectiveness of the boycott. He was encouraged by Sisulu to join ANC in 1942. ANC was black organisayion founded to develop conditons of Africans. He was affected strongly by Lembede's view about llosing the respect for the Western ideas and the whites need of approval, because he knew he was in danger of becoming one African elite approved of by the British and critisezed by Lembede. Mandela and his colleaques formed the Youth Leaque after realising that the ANC organisation does not reach out to most of Africans. Together with his colleaques, Mandela produced the leaque's manifesto, and in 1947 he was appointed secretary
