Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

This article is about the life of Nelson Mandela. I learnt a lot about Nelson Mandela’s life story.

Nelson Mandela was born on the July 8th 1918 on the eastern coast of Africa in Mvezo. Nelson Mandela’s father died when he was 9 years old.

In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and was sent to prison on Robben Island in South Africa,  because he was charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the government and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela was in jail for 27 years.

This article was very interesting because it had a lot of information about Nelson Mandela, and how Nelson became President of South Africa from 1994 - 1999. I learnt that Nelson Mandela was a brave person. He was commonly known as Madiba by his countrymen. Madiba means Father, but he is often described as the Father of the Nation.

Nelson Mandela died on the 5th of December 2013 at the age of 95 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection. Nelson Mandela died in his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.