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A peace fighter: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
full name :
nickname:
born :
childhood:
teenagehood:
1941 :
1944:
early 1950's :
1963-1964:
1990 :
3 years later :
1994:
trial for sabotage => sentenced to life imprisonment
[ almost 30 years in jail / long-lasting international protests to make him free ]
freed from prison by the white South African President De Klerk
> a symbol of victory against Apartheid
family:
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
death :
growing up in a rural area, in poverty
1st member of the family attending school at 7 y.o.
<< Nelson »> = English name given by school-teacher
fighting with other boys!
death of his father (Nelson aged 12 )
boxing, gardening and track
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
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!