A LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE NELSON MANDELA WAS THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA. HE SPENT 27 YEARS OLD IN PRISON FOR TRYING TO OVERNMENT. AFTER HE LEFT PRISON, HE WORKED TO ACHIEVE HUMAN RIGHT AND A BETTER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE IN SOUTH AFRICA. ¿ WHEN DID HE LIVE? NELSON MANDELA WAS BORN IN 1918. HE WAS IN PRISON FROM 1962 TO 1990. HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA IN 1994, AND RETIRED IN 1999. NELSON MANDELA DIED ON 5 DECEMBER 2013 FOLLOWING A LUNG ILLNESS. ¿ WHAT IS HE FAMOUS? NELSON MANDELA BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS LONG FIGHT AGAINST BAD GOVERNMENT AND RACIAL PREJUDICE. HE BECAME A HERO TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. AS SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT, HE WAS RESPECTED FOR HIS COURAGE AND WISDOM IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO LIVE IN PLACE. ¿ WHERE WAS BORN? ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA WAS BORN ON 18 TH JULY 1918. HE WAS LATER GIVE THE NAME NELSON BY A TEACHER AT SCHOLL. HE WAS BORN IN THE TRANSKEI, PART OF SOUTH AFRICA. THE TRANSKEI HAS MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS AND GRASSALANDS CALLED SAVANNAS. ON A MAP, YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE SOUTHEAST (BOTTOM RIGHT) CORNER OF SOUTH AFRICA. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE MANDELA WENT TO A MISSION SCHOOL,AND THEN TO COLLEGE,HE WAS GOOD AT SCHOOL WORK. HE ALSO ENJOYED BOXING AND RUNNING,AT FORT HARE UNIVERSITY, HE STUDIED LAW. ONE OF HIS FRIENDS THERE WAS OLIVER TAMBO. NELSON LEFT THE UNIVERSITY IN 1939,AFTER STUDENT PROTEST ABOUT THE WAY IT WAS RUN FAMILY LIFE MANDELA MARRIED THREE TIMES. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE ANDED IN 1957,HIS SECOND WIFE,WINNIE,DIVORCED IN 1996. AT THE AGE OF 81,HE MARRIED GRACE MACHEL. HE HAD SIX CHILDREN AND TWENTY GRANDCHILDREN. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS . ARMED CONFLIT 1990-2012 IN THIS GRAPH WE CAN SEE HOW THE ARMED CONFLICT IN SOUTH AFRICA HAS IMPROVED SINCE NELSON MANDELA ASSUMED THE PRESIDENCY UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS DEATH AN INSPIRATION TO OTHERS
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NELSON MANDELA RETIRED AS PRESIDENT IN 1999. FROM 2004, HE GAVE
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