A biography of nelson rolihlahla mandelas images
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Nelson Mandela: His Life in Pictures
BOY LEADER
Born Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela on July 18, 1918 (he was nicknamed "Nelson" by a teacher), Mandela worked in his parents' rural village of Qunu, South Africa, tilling fields and herding cattle with elders from the local Tembu tribe. After his father died in 1930, the then-12-year-old was chosen as a future leader of the tribe because of his intelligence – life, however, had other plans.
MAN OF ACTION
Mandela's activism started early; in 1940 he was expelled from the University of Fort Hare after organizing a strike to protest limitations placed on the student council. He headed to Johannesburg, where he earned a job at a legal firm, started working on his law degree and met and married his first wife, Evelyn Ntoko Mase, with whom he had four children.
A SECOND MARRIAGE
During his time in Johannesburg, Mandela met 20-year-old social worker Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela. "I cannot say for certain
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In Pictures: Mandela’s life
Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, a descendant of the king of the Thembu people. Growing up as a shepherd boy, he said he inherited his father’s “stubborn sense of fairness”, drifting into political activism in the 1940s after earning his university degree.
He was arrested in 1956 for “high treason” against the state for his anti-apartheid activities with the African National Congress, but was later released. He went on to help found the armed wing of the political group, inspired in guerilla warfare by the writings of Che Guevara.
In 1961, the armed wing carried out 57 bombings. He was re-arrested the following year and was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment.
“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people,” he said while on trial in 1963. “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.”
He was released on February 11, 1990, after lengthy negotiations with