Nelson Mandela

Life Events

• Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918in Transkei
• In 1944 he married Evelyn Mase
• He attended University College of Fort Hare and University of Witwatersrand
• He finished his BA at The University of South Africa
• He created the first black law firm in South Africa in 1952

Politics

• In 1943 he joined the African National Congress (ANC)
• In 1944 he formed the ANC Youth League
• As he moved up through the ANC he actively took part in the struggle agains apartheid
• In 1956 Mandela along with many others was arrested and charged with treason creating the Treason Trial

Young Mandela

Rivonia Trial

• In 1963 Mandela was arrested for leaving the country without a permit
• Also in 1963 he and others were put on trial for sabbotage
• In 1964 he and 7 others faced the death penatly bubt were sentenced life in prison
• He was released from prison in 1990

Prison

Freedom

• In 1991 he was elected ANC President
• In 1993 he and President FW de Klerk were seleceted for the Nobel Peace Prize
• He voted for the first time in 1994
• In 1994 he was South Africas firs democratically elected President
• In 1998 he married his third wife Graca Machel

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