Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013 was a South African anti-apartheid activist, president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. First black head of state democratic election. Dismantling apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation.
Nelson Mandela working as a lawyer in Johannesburg, involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist joining the ANC in 1943 He was appointed president of the ANC’s He was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962 sentenced to life imprisonment. 27 years in prison released him in 1990 to negotiate an end to apartheid, resulting in the 1994 election. He received more than 250 honours, including the Nobel Peace Prize. He is held in deep respect within South Africa, described as the “Father of the Nation”.
