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ROLIHLAHLA BORN 18 July 1918
Rolihlahla was born 18 July 1918 in the village of Mzevo in the Transkei region of South Africa. -
Rolihlahla's name to Nelson Mandela
His father saw that the was a clever boy, and he decided that he need to the school near to Qunu to learn.
The white teachers in the schools could not pronunce Africans names, so they have the children new English names.
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NELSON MANDELA NINETEEN YEARS OLD
Nelson Mandela is admitted to the University of Fort Hare, a black institution, but two years later he was expelled for leading a student protest. -
UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND
Nelson began studying law at the University of Witwatersrand. In this Univerity he joined the International Club and learnt about Mahatma Gandhi. -
THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
Mandela joined the African National Congress that is a political party social and democraty. This political party was founded for increase the rights to the people of South Africa. -
THE FIRST SON AND MARRIAGE OF NELSON MANDELA
He married with Evelyn Ntoko Mase and he have his first son who they called Thembi. -
THE UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations says that they are against of the apartheid, some white people think it's time to remove the system but other are against. -
THE APARTHEID BECAME STRONGER
There was a surprise in South African politics because The conservative National Party was elected because a group called Afrikaner Broenderbond help him.
The same year there have a problem because the apartheid laws became stronger and in the same year more than three thousand laws controlling blanck and non-whites people. -
DEFIANCE CAMPAIGNE
Mandela organised a Defiance Campaign because the Prime Minister Daniel Malan created more apartheid laws and the ANC sent a letter asked to canlled six apartheid laws, but this laws there not cancelled. -
THE DAY OF PROTEST
The ANC announced a strike. Thousands of blacks protest peaceful, but the police still use the violence.
After Freedom Day, the ANC continued making plans for their Day of Protest. Thousand of black bussiness did not open. There was no violence. -
MANDEL IS ARRESTED
Mandela and one hundred fifty five persons are arrested and acused of violating The Law Repression of Comunism. -
MANDELA MARRIED AND DIVORCED
Nelson Mandela divorces Evelyn and married with Winnie Madikizela and years later they have two daughters. The first Zenani on 1959 and the second Zindzi on 1960. -
THE SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE
Since the electoral triumph of the Nationalist Party established a discriminatory racial segregation regime towards the black majority. The ANC and the Pan-Afican Congress urged the black population to leave their passes at home on March 21 and report to police stations to be detained as a form of protest but in the town of Sharpeville, was organizated a big demostration against the passes as in other places before the police that chose to open fire and kill and injured black people. -
NELSON MANDELA SENTENCED TO PRISION
Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years of prision for leaving the country without a passport and incitement. -
ROBEN ISLAND
In 1963 he go to the Roben Island, a small island near to Cape Town.
Mandela resist to the terrible conditions of his cell.
The younger prisioners respected Mandela. He organised hunger strikes and work slow downs until prision conditions go better and he got this better conditions that they wanted. -
STEVE BIKO
Younger leaders were ready to fight apartheid and one of this leader,s Steve Biko, created The South African Students Organisation and became their first president. He said that blacks felt sad and angry because of terrible way they were treated. Blacks need to be proud of their colour and proud of their culture. -
THE BIKO DEATH'S
He was banned and arrested and three weeks later, he was beaten to death by police. He had been against violence. -
MANDELA PROBLEMS
Botha offered to Mandela to free him of the prision but Mandela not accepted. The same year, Mandela go to the hospital for a small operation, Mandela have tuberculosi, a very serious disease. -
FW DE KLERK
Botha was replaced by a new leader, FW de Klerk a big suportter of apartheid. But the situation in South Africa is bad and he talk with Mandela and the ANC to reach an agreement. -
MANDELA IS FREE
De Klerk spoke to South Africa's government and he say that the ANC and sixty other organisations would be made legal that meant that three houndred and seventy four political prisioners would be free. De Klerk shocked all the country.. Mandela left prision after twenty seven years close in a cell and hundreds of thousands of blacks celebrated in the streets. -
MANDELA AND DE KLERK
Mandela and FW de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -
NELSON MANDELA PRESIDENT
In 1994 Mandela is the president of South Africa and FW de Klerk is the deputy president.
Finally, the apartheid is ended and economic sanctions were lifted. -
MANDELA WITH EIGHTY YEARS OLD
Mandela have a relationship with Graça Machel and later they marry the same day of the birthday of Mandela. -
THE SUCCESSOR OF THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF MANDELA
Mandela leaves his precidency and the successor is Thabo Mbeki. -
NELSON MANDELA LEAVE POLITICS
Nelson Mandela retired of the politics and spend his time in his wife, sons and other quiet thinks. -
NELSON MANDELA DEATH 5 December 2013
Nelson Mandela die on his house in Johannesbourg at the age of 95.
