Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in the tiny village of Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in Transkei, South Africa. For generations to come, Mandela will be a source of inspiration for civil rights activists worldwide. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to dismantle the country's apartheid system. In 1993, Mandela and South African President F.W. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies.īeginning in 1962, Mandela spent 27 years in prison for political offenses. After becoming involved in the anti- apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. Nelson Mandela was a social rights activist, politician and philanthropist who became South Africa’s first Black president from 1994 to 1999.
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