Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Nelson Mandela

© 2014 wheresjenny.com BornRolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 Mvezo, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Died5 December 2013 (aged 95) Johannesburg, South Africa Resting placeMandela Graveyard Qunu, Eastern Cape 31°48′21.8″S 28°36′52.7″E NationalitySouth African Political partyAfrican National Congress Other political affiliations South African Communist Party 1st President of South Africa

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Vocabulary Troublemaker: A person who habitually causes difficulty or problems, especially by inciting others to defy those in authority. Patrilineal: Relating to or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line. Native: A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not. Racism: The belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. Mourning: The expression of sorrow for someone's death.

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Early life Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata, then a 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 ruler of the Thembu people in the Transkeian Territories of South Africa's modern Eastern Cape province. One of this king's sons, named Mandela, became Nelson's grandfather and the source of his surname. Because Mandela was only the king's child by a wife of the Ixhiba clan, a so-called "Left-Hand House" "No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea." — Mandela, 1994 [ [

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Beginning law studies at the University of Witwatersrand, Mandela was the only native African student, and though facing racism, he befriended liberal. At Walter Sisulu's house, Mandela met Evelyn Mase, an ANC activist from Engcobo, Transkei, who was training at the time to become a nurse. Married on 5 October 1944, after initially living with her relatives, they rented House no in Orlando from early Mandela enjoyed home life, welcoming his mother and sister Leabie to stay with him. 

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com The inside of Mandela's prison cell as it was when he was imprisoned in 1964 and his open cell window facing the prison yard on Robben Island, now a national and World Heritage Site. Mandela's cell later contained more furniture, including a bed from around "We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people." — Opening words of the Freedom Charter

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Death of Nelson Mandela After suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection, Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95. He died at around 20:50 local time at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, surrounded by his family. His death was announced on television by President Jacob Zuma. On 6 December 2013, President Zuma announced a national mourning period of ten days, with the main event held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on 10 December He declared Sunday 8 December 2013 a national day of prayer and reflection. Mandela's body lay in state from 11–13 December at the Union Buildings in Pretoria and a state funeral was held on 15 December 2013 in Qunu, South Africa. Approximately 90 representatives of foreign states travelled to South Africa to attend memorial events.

Nelson Mandela © 2014 wheresjenny.com Mandela's $4.1 million estate was left to his widow, other family members, staff, and educational institutions. Members of the public paying their respects outside Mandela's Houghton home