Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African lawyer, politician, freedom fighter, president and peace ambassador. He was born on July 18, 1918 in Transkei, South Africa. His father was a tribal leader, Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe who had 4 wives and Mandela was third wifes’son. Late his father died of Tuberclousis and that led to the next regent of the tribe to be his guardian.
When he was growing he was attended Wesleyan mission school, where his teacher, named him Nelson. He then went to Clarkebury Bording Institute and accomplished his junior certificate in 2 years which would normally take three years; it was while he was there that he develop an interest in boxing and running. Later he joined Wesleyan college of fort Beaufort and met his lifelong friend Oliver Tambo who plays a major role later in his life while he was prison and when he became a president. Mandela then attended University College of Fort Hare; became first year students representative council; boycott against university policies which led to him being expelled from school.
When his guardian the regent of the tribe Tembu arranged marriage for him, he decided to relocate to Johannesburg; got a job as a guard at a mine and was terminated when his employer learnt he was the regents’ runaway ward. Then he started working as article clerk at Johannesburg law firm Witkin, Sidelsy and Edelman through connection from his mentor realtor Walter Sisulu. While he was there; he Joined Correspondence law studies with university of Landon; completed a BA with University of Witwatersrand where he got his degree in law in 1942. We see, it was while he was there that he befriended fellow students and fu...
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...ts" with the South African presidency reminding a concerned nation that Mr. Mandela has had "previous respiratory infections".
He continued travelling the world, meeting leaders, attending conferences and collecting awards after stepping down as president.
After his official retirement, his public appearances were mostly connected with the work of the Mandela Foundation, a charitable fund that he founded.
Works Cited
Mandela, Nelson. Nelson Mandela Speaks: Forging a Democratic, Nonracial South Africa. New York: Pathfinder, 1993.
Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom. The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston & New York: Little Brown, 1994.
Mandela, Nelson. The Struggle Is My Life. New York: Revised, Pathfinder, 1986. Originally published as a tribute on his 60th birthday in 1978. Speeches, writings, historical accounts, contributions by fellow prisoners.
Meltzer, Milton. "They Came In Chains." There Comes a Time: The Struggle for Civil Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. 7-13. Print.
He opens his speech with “I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all.” (Mandela)
Mandela, N. (1994). Long walk to freedom: The autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown.
Rolihlahla attended primary school in Qunu, where his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson. Nelson went to Clarkebury Boarding Institute and completed his Junior Certificate. After that, he attended Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school of some repute, where he matriculated. Nelson then began his studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University College of Fort Hare. As a result of joining a student protest, he was expelled from school. This resulted in him not completing his degree. Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Source – According to “Long walk to Freedom” The following year, he was sent home alongside other students for participating in boycott against university policies. After finding out his family had an arranged marriage for him, he fled to Johannesburg and worked as a watchman then later a law clerk.
Obama’s speech at Mandela memorial (transcript); ‘Mandela taught us the power of action, but also ideas’, Tuesday, December 10, 9:09 AM
– Nelson Mandela Foundation. Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, 2014. Web. 06 Jan. 2014. . Starr, Kayla, and Bonnie Blackberry. "
"Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela." Encyclopedia of World Biography. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.
...eid of white supremacy in South Africa. Throughout the book, I have seen Nelson's open-mindedness. Nelson always listened to communist ideas and Indian goals, eventhough he did not agree with them. Nelson faced many hardships through his struggle and this had to cause some resentment against his oppressors. But if anyone would not be bias in his writing, I would say it would be Nelson Mandela. He has showed in his book that he is great individual and that he will not let his past feeling cloud his writing. You can see his feelings in his book and that is what makes it so good, but I believe he does not hide anything from us on both sides of the stories.
Mandela escaped north to Johannesburg and then fled to Alexandra, where he met Walter Sisulu. He involved Mandela in politics. Sisulu introduced him to the African National Congress (ANC). Soon after that, Mandela was appointed volunteer-in-chief for a resistance campaign in 1952. Mandela began to quarrel for the black rights as the days went by. He became invol...
Nelson Mandela’s was born in July, 1918 in a small village in South Africa called Qunu, in the Transkei province. His name, Nelson, was given to him during his first day in school at the age of seven. At the time, he was the first of his family to get an education, but African students were given british names. The education in African schools was all related to british culture and thought. Nelson believed that British life was the reigning culture outside of his tribal life.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 into a noble family, in a South
He was the president of South Africa, and his full name is Nelson Rolihlaha Mandela. He was born in town called Mvezo, which is fallen in Transkei region. He belongs to Madiba clan. He was from high standard family, and his father was the chief of his town. He was the first member of his family who had been educated in Qunu, and it was missionary school. People stated to call him Nelson because his teacher could not pronounce his original name, which is Rolihlaha. After his father’s death, a man who had a high-ranking position in his city adopted Nelson Mandela. His name was Jongintaba, and Mandela learned a lot of things about to be a leader from this man. Then, he joined Fort Hare University, and it was in 1939. During that he met his friend Oliver Tambo. While they were in the university, they had some political activity. For instance, they protest against the policies of the university at that time, so they dismissed out of the university. Years later, he graduated for Law School, and he got his certification from University of Witwatersand. After his graduation, Mandala worked in different places before be a member of African National Congress. In 1944 he go married and had for children, but 1958 he divorced from his wife Evelyn Mase.
A&E Television Networks. "Nelson Mandela Biography." Biography.com. A&E Television Networks, 2011. Web. 05 Oct. 2011. .
{Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a tremendous political activist in the late 1960’s. He was a lawyer and a member of the ANC who strongly disagreed with the apartheid regime; he used his talents for speaking and his courage to help change the unfair laws which oppressed blacks in South Africa.