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nickname:
born :
childhood:
teenagehood:
1941:
1944:
A peace fighter: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
Bachelor's degree at University of South Africa
beginning of Law studies at the only university accepting black students
joining African National Congress (leading struggle against Apartheid)
graduation as a lawyer - job in India first-
opening of the first Black-owned law firm in South-Africa
peaceful fight / goal = equality for South Africa's black people
civil disobedience
trial for sabotage => sentenced to life imprisonment
[ almost 30 years in jail / long-lasting international protests to make him free ]
1990:
freed from prison by the white South African President De Klerk
> a symbol of victory against Apartheid
early 1950's :
1963-1964:
3 years later :
1994 :
family:
death:
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (<< Rolihlahla» « trouble-maker >>)
Madiba (traditional clan name)
Mvezo,South-Africa - illeterate parents-2 sisters -
son of a tribal chief / father from the Madiba clan
growing up in a rural area, in poverty
1st member of the family attending school at 7y.o.
«Nelson = English name given by school-teacher
fighting with other boys!
death of his father (Nelson aged 12)
boxing, gardening and track
Nobel Peace Prize for working to end Apartheid + for reconciliation of
Blacks and Whites (peaceful transition instead of civil war !)
first vote by South Africans of all races in a fully democratic election
=> Mandela first black President of the country at 77 (until 1999 )
> creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
> working to reveal human rights crimes
> making housing, education and living standards better for people of color.
married 3 times, 6 children and 17 grand-children
10 years ago, Johannesburg - everlasting icon though!
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