Nelson Mandela

                     Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. 

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                   Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then part of South Africa's Cape Province. Given the forename Rolihlahla, a Xhosa term colloquially meaning "troublemaker", in later years he became known by his clan name, Madiba. His patrilineal great-grandfather, Ngubengcuka, was king of the Thembu people in the Transkeian Territories of South Africa's modern Eastern Cape province. One of Ngubengcuka's sons, named Mandela, was Nelson's grandfather and the source of his surname. Because Mandela was the king's child by a wife of the Ixhiba clan, a so-called "Left-Hand House", the descendants of his cadet branch of the royal family were morganatic, ineligible to inherit the throne but recognised as hereditary royal councillors.

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    Law studies and the ANC Youth League: 1943–1949

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    Defiance Campaign and Transvaal ANC Presidency: 1950–1954

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    Congress of the People and the Treason Trial: 1955–1961

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    MK, the SACP, and African tour: 1961–62

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    Arrest and Rivonia trial: 1962–1964

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     Robben Island: 1964–1982

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    Pollsmoor Prison: 1982–1988

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    Victor Verster Prison and release: 1988–1990

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 Early negotiations: 1990–91

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    CODESA talks: 1991–92

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    General election: 1994

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Presidency of South Africa: 1994–1999

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