Nelson Mandela's Life and Impact: From Sharpeville to Presidency
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NELSON MENDELA Biography : ■ Full name : Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ■ Born : on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata (Cape Town Province) ; ■ Occupation : South African political activist ; ■ spent over 20 years in prison for his opposition to the apartheid regime ,released in 1990 ; ■ Known for being the first leader of a democratic South Africa , the first “black head of the state” ; ■ died at his home in Johannesburg on 5 December 2013 , at the age of 95 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection ; Mendela’s childhood : ■ He was born into the Xhosa culture ,his family was very large (nine sisters and three brothers) . ■ Mandela was the first in his family to get a formal education,His childhood was filled with training and education. He attended a local missionary school ,a boarding school…[show more]