Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa to a chief of the Tembu Tribe. He received his primary education and began studying for his bachelor's degree, but left university after being accused of participating in a student strike. Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1943 to advocate for the rights of the black majority in South Africa. He became president of the ANC's military wing in 1961 and was arrested in 1962, spending most of the next 27 years in prison for his anti-apartheid activities. After his release in 1990, Mandela continued advocating for an end to apartheid and was elected president of South Africa in 1994, becoming the country's first black head of state.

2. His Birth
*Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei , South
Africa on 18 july 1918
*His father was head of the famous tribe
“Tembo”
*He died and Nelson was still young, but he
was elected instead of his father and began
preparing for the job
*Members of his tribe titled him “Madiba”
that mean “great revered” and has become
synonymous with “Nelson Mandela”

3. His Education
*Mandela completed his primary
school in a boarding school in 1930.
* Then he began preparation for a
BA degree from “Fort Hare”
University but in 1940 he
separated from the university with
his friend “Oliver Tambo” accused
of participating in a student strike.
*He has followed his studying by
correspondence from
Johannesburg and received BA and
then joined Witwatersrand
university to study law.

4. His Political activity
*Mandela began in the political
opposition to the South African
regime which was in the white
minority’s hand.
So that the judgment was denied
political rights and social and
economic development of the
black majority in South Africa.

5. A.N.C
African National Congress
*In 1943 He joined the African
National Congress, which was calling
for the defense of the rights of
the blackmajority in South
Senegal
*In 1961, Mandela became
president of the military wing of
the A.N.C
*He held the presidency of the
African Council (June 1991 - to
December 1997)

6. Nelson In Jail
*In 1962 Mandela was
arrested and sentenced
for 5 years in prison for
illegal travel, and the
measure of the strike.
*In 1964 he was
sentenced again accused
of planning for armed
action and high treason
and sentenced to life
imprisonment.

7. *On 10 June,1980 Mandela was able to
send a message to the African
National Congress .In which he said:
“Unite! And equipped! And fight! As
between the anvil of the popular
movement, and the hammer of the
armed resistance, will crush the
apartheid.”
*He was offered his release versus
stopping the armed resistance ,but he
refused.
*He remained in prison until 11
February, 1990

8. Nobel Prize
*In 1993,Nelson won
the Nobel Prize for
Peace with President
Frederick Declark
Who was announced
to stop the ban that
was imposed on the
African Congress

9. The presidency of South
Africa*Mandela became the first black
president of South Africa (May
1994 - to June 2000).
*During his administration South
Africa has seen a major transition
from minority rule to majority
rule.
*In 2005, chosen by the United
Nations Goodwill Ambassador
*In July 2008, U.S. President
George W. Bush's approved to
delete the name of Mandela from
the list of terrorism in the United
States of America