nelson Mandela

nelson mandela

nelson mandela story

Life of the young Nelson Mandela Notes Biography of Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was the first President of South Africa Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was the first black president of the Republic of South Africa. His political activity was significant: he fought for the rights of blacks in South Africa throughout his life, even spending a total of 27 years in prison. Mandela was a key figure, in the early 1990s, in the end of Apartheid, the South African system of racial segregation. For his commitment he received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. After the presidency of South Africa (1994-1999) Mandela continued to fight for social justice throughout the world

apartheid

In 1944 Nelson Mandela joined the ANC (African National Congress), quickly becoming the leader of the youth section. This was an organization that fought for the freedom of black South Africans, who demanded equal rights with whites. In these same years Mandela met his first wife Evelyn Ntoko Mase. In the meantime, in 1948, the South African government passed some laws that aimed to keep blacks and whites separate: the system sadly known as ‘apartheid’.