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Nelsn Mandela was born non June 18, 1918. He was born in the village of Mvezo which is in South Africa
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In 1930 his father died when Nelson was only 12 years old and Nelson a became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni
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He attended a primary school in Qunu in South Africa. His teacher gave him his name, Nelson
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Nelson studied law at the University college of Fort Hare and at the University of Witwatersrand.
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Nelson was expelled from the University of Fort Hare becasue he joined a protest.
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In the year 1942 Mandela began attending ANC (American National Congress) meetings.
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Nelson first married Evelyn Mase in 1944.
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In 1952 Nelson and Oliver Tambo open South Africas first law practice
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Nelson and Evelyn get a divorce.
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Nelson is charged with treason , along with 155 others who called for a nonracial state in South Africa. Mandela served 27 years in prison.
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Nelon is released from prison in 1990.\
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Mandela, along with Fredrick Wllem de Klerk, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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On 10 May 1994 he was inaugurated South Africa’s first democratically elected President. www.youtube.com/watch?v=grh03-NjHzc
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In 1995 Nelson founded the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to end apartheid, and he introduced housing, education, and economic developments designed to improve the living standards of the country’s black population.
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his 80th birthday in 1998 he married Graça Machel, his third wife.
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In 2001, Nelson is treated for prostate cancer. He was getting increasingly frail fast.
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In 2002, Mandela became a vocal advocate of the AIDS awareness and treatment programs where the disease has affected alot of people in the region.
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Mandela cut down on public appearences so he will so he can spend his remaining years resting and writing.
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In 2009 the United Nations declared National Nelson Mandela day in honor of all that he had done.
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Nelson Mandela died on December 5, 2013 because of a reoccuring lung infection and other health problems.
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