December 2013‚ one of the most greatest moral and political leaders of our time‚ a man who has dedicated his life to fight against the racial unjust treatment of the apartheid regime( a policy of discrimination on grounds of race) in South Africa‚ the man who became the world most famous prisoner‚ man who became the first democratically chosen black president of South Africa and the man who won the Nobel Peace Prize‚ Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his home in Houghton‚ Johannesburg‚ at the age of 95
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ENELSON MANDELA FACTFILE: Full Name: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Born: 18th July 1918‚ Mvezo‚ South Africa Family Life: Nelson Mandela was born on July 18‚ 1918‚ into a royal family of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo‚ where his father‚ Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c. 1880-1928)‚ served as chief. His mother‚ Nosekeni Fanny‚ was the third of Mphakanyiswa’s four wives‚ who together bore him nine daughters and four sons. After the death of his father in 1927
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born july 18 in 1918 in the small village of small village of Mvezo in the Umtata district‚ capital of the Transkei. He was born to Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa‚ who was a counsel to the Thembu king. His mother was one of 4 wives married to Mphakanyiswa‚ his mother was the third wife. At about the age of 7 mandela became the first person in his family to attend school. Here he give was given the name "nelson" by a methodist teacher . At about the age of nine his father had
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Nelson Mandela ANC In 1942‚ when he was 24‚ Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC). He formed a military component of this organization known as the MK‚ and he traveled to Algeria to organize military training for members of this group.. Upon his return to South Africa‚ Mandela was arrested for going between countries without a passport. He was tried for sabotage and trying to overthrow the government. He spent the next 28 years in prison where he continued to make a difference. [pic]
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Mrs. Siwy 10th Literature and Composition H/ 3 31 January 2013 Nelson Mandela: The Gentle Soul That Changed South Africa “Mandela’s tribal name‚ Rolihlahla‚ means‚ “one who brings trouble upon himself” (Contemporary Black N.p). Ironic because Nelson Mandela was arrested and convicted of treason‚ sabotage‚ along with other charges and was sentenced to life in prison. During a time when apartheid was at its worst‚ Nelson Mandela went against the grain by thinking differently and risking and losing
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Nelson Mandela was born on July 18‚ 1918‚ in Transkei‚ South Africa. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s‚ Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years‚ he directed a campaign of peaceful‚ non-violent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. In 1993‚ Contents Synopsis Early Life Mandela’s Imprisonment Prison Release and Presidency Retirement and Later Career In Recent Years Personal
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Nelson Mandela By: Abdullah Imran Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African politician and activist.born on July 18‚ 1918 in Mvezo‚ Umtata (now Mthatha)‚ Transkei‚ South Africa. He had thirteen siblings by the same father‚ and two mothers. His parents were Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa and Nosekeni Nonqaphi . His given name was Rolihlahla‚ a Xhosa name meanimg pulling branch of a tree or informally‚ Trouble maker. On April 27‚ 1994‚ he was made the first President
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Topic: The Autobiography of Nelson MandelaQuestions/Main Ideas: | Name: Kassandra Acuna Date: December 26‚ 12Notes: | | Born July 18‚ 1918 in Mvezo to the village chief Gadla Henry | A Country Childhood | Mphakanqiswa and one of his wives‚ | When he was born? | Nodekeni Fanny. Named Rolihlahla ("pulling the branches of trees"‚ | | connotes troublemaker) | | Mandela‚ later acquired clan name Madiba
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Nelson Mandela was a man of honor. A man who sacrificed his life for the betterment of others. He was born July 18‚ 1918 in South Africa. He grew up in a segregated country. He later became an activist against apartheid. He protested and paraded the country. He got arrested and spends the next 27 years in prison. He still did not give up the fight against apartheid. After getting out of prison he became the first democratic elected president of South Africa from 1991 to 1997. After his presidency
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Nelson Mandela speech Nelson Mandela‚ was a South African man (later on to be Politician/Human rights leader) born on the 18th of July in 1918 in Transkei‚ South Africa. He was the first ever black South African to become president of the country. His goals were for Black people‚ Indians and white people all to have equal rights‚ not just white people. He had plans to taking over the corrupt white government‚ the Apartheid. He joined in 1944 and was a part of the Armed National Congress (ANC). After
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