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NELSON MANDELA BIOGRAPHY

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Sthefany Gomez Cajamarca

Nelson Mandela- Biography

Nelson Mandela is one of the most important influencers in the world, he was a social activist, worked with the gverment to be the first democratically elected president of South Africa, since 1994 to 1999, getting 62% of the votes in favor.


Nelson Mandela born in South Africa in 1918, his first laguage was xhosa, Nelson born with his parents and 3 sister, his first job was herding familys cattle at the age of 5, he studied in misión school, soon he would be studing in Union College of Fort Hare, he decided to study law in Johannesburg so in 1947 he became a Youth League Secretary, working hard for years in 1952 he was deputy head of ANC, his most important objetive was ending the unjust system of apartheid in South Africa.

He was sentenced to life terms for anti- goverment activities, he was released after long 27 years, in february 11, 1990. After being elected president of South Africa, he won the nobel peace prize in 1993, getting the chance to wrote his autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" in 1994.


After his retirament he raised mney for childrens charities, his favorite time of the day was the sunset, and listening classical music especially Handel, Tchailkovsky. His work help a lot a African people during eslavery.

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