# data[].attributes.body
Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18th July 1918.

# data[].attributes.body
In 1930, when Nelson Mandela was 12 years old, His father died of tuberculosis, which left him and his mother alone.

# data[].attributes.body
He attended primary school in Qunu, where his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the Christian name, Nelson.

# data[].attributes.body
Nelson Mandela began his studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University College of Fort Hare, but did not complete the degree, because he was expelled for joining in on a student protest.

# data[].attributes.headline
Nelson Mandela arrested and later sentenced to prison

# data[].attributes.subject
Nelson Mandela arrested and later sentenced to prison

# data[].attributes.body
- In 1961 Nelson was arrested for treason, but got acquitted.

- In 1962 Nelson got arrested again for illegally leaving the country. This time he got sentenced.

- In 1964 he was put on trial. But later got sentenced to life in prison.

# data[].attributes.body
In 1989, while in the last months of his imprisonment, he obtained an LLB (Bachelor of laws degree) through the University of South Africa. He graduated while absent at a ceremony in Cape Town.

# data[].attributes.body
In 1990 Nelson got released from prison.

# data[].attributes.body
In 1994 Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black president of South Africa.

# data[].attributes.body
Mandela stepped down in 1999 after one term as President.

He continued to work with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund he set up in 1995 and established the Nelson Mandela Foundation and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation.

# data[].attributes.body
Nelson Mandala died in 2013 at the age of 95 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection.