BY: ANE and AYALA

HIS LIFE

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in South Africa , 18 of June , 1918. He was a lawyer, politician, african national congresion leader and a comander chief of the organisation of Guerrillera Umkhonto we Sizwe or `La Lanza de la Nación´. In 1962 he was detained and condenmed for sabotage in addition to other charges to life imprisonment, 27 years.He step terrorism to politics up and became president of South Africa (1994 -1999)

HIS FAMILYNelson Mandela's father died when he was nine years old. From that time on he was raised by Jongintaba, until he escaped from an arranged marriage he wanted no part of.

From the time Mandela began his fight against and apartheid and the fight for equality, it would be apparent that a Nelson Mandela wife would need to be a strong and brave person in herself. Mandela has had three wives in his life, marrying the last on his 80th birthday.

Mandela has always been a strong supporter of children and education. The Nelson Mandela Childrens fund is just another of this man's achievements. Nelson Mandela is the father of 6 children himself. He fathered four children from his first marriage to Evelyn Mase and 2 children with his second wife Winnie Madikizela.

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