Nelson Mandela - af Rebecca, Frederik & Mia

michellatrip — 2014-10-20 11:59:55 UTC

Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, Transkei, on 18 July 1918.
When he was 12 years old, his father died and the young Rolihlahla also called Nelson Mandela became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni. He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher Miss Mdingane gave him the name Nelson.
In 1944 he married Walter Sisulu’s cousin Evelyn Mase, a nurse. They had two sons, Madiba Thembekile "Thembi" and Makgatho and two daughters both called Makaziwe, the first of whom died in infancy. He and his wife divorced in 1958.

In 1956, Mandela and 150 others were arrested and charged with treason for their political advocacy.

In August 1962 Nelson Mandela served 5 years for protesting and "illegal traviling".

He got convicted once againg in 1964, for cooperating in a weaponized demonstration

this time it was a life sentence.

The 11. of february 1990 he was realized. he had been in prison for over 27 years.

On 10 May 1994 he was inaugurated South Africa’s first democratically elected

President.
On his 80th birthday in 1998 he married Graça Machel, his third wife.
On December 5, 2013, at the age of 95, Nelson Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

South Africa by Mia Judith Trip

Nelson Mandela - af Rebecca, Frederik & Mia