Nelson

Mandela

July 18, 1918,

Birth place: Mvezo, Transkei, South
Africa
Parents:
Nonqaphi Nosekeni
and
Nkosi Mphakanyiswa
Gadla
Fathers occupation: principal
Mandela
counsellor
to the Acting
King of the Thembu
Parents:
Father
died
people,
Jongintaba
when
he was a boy.
Dalindyebo.
Birth date:

Dream
Hearing the
elders stories of
his ancestors
valour during the
wars of resistance,
he dreamed also of
making his own
contribution to the
freedom struggle

Education
Primary school:
Qunu Certificate at Clarkebury
Junior
Healdtown Wesleyan secondary
school
Bachelor of Arts Degree at the
University College of Fort Hare but
expelled for joining in a student
protest
BA
through the University of South
Africa

Adult Life

Joined African National Congress in

1944
In 1944 he married Walter Sisulus
cousin Evelyn Mase
Became a lawyer in
1952
Arrested with 156 activists on 5
December 1955 but released
14 June 1958 Nelson Mandela
married a social worker Winnie

Adult Life

On 11 June 1964 Nelson Mandela

and seven others sent to jail for life
Nelson Mandelas mother died in
1968
Released from jail on
Sunday 11
February
1990 Peace Prize in 1993
Won the Nobel
On 10 May 1994, became
president
of South Africa

Adult Life

Divorced Winnie in 1996.

Retired as president in 1998

On his 80th birthday in 1998 he
married Graa Machel, his third
wife
Lives in Houghton Estate in
Johannesburg

Old age

6 children
17 grandchildren
14 great-grandchildren
He is currently 95 years
old and fighting for his
life