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-born in Mvezo, a tiny village in the Transkei
-he was a troublemaker
-he got his name "Nelson" from s teacher at the age of 7
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-2 years later he was expelled for leading a student protest
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-Marries Evlyn Notoko Mase
-Forms the A.N.C youth leagaue
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-Mandela goes underground in hiddding
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-Mandela has been living underground for 17 months
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-South Africa’s president, P. W. Botha, offers to free Mr. Mandela if he renounces violence
-Mandela refuses, saying the government must first dismantle apartheid
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-Mandela is transferred to the Victor Verster Prison Farm
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-The government frees eight of the country’s political prisoners,including Walter Sisulu, which was a mentor to Nelson Mandela
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-He spent 27 and a half years in prison
-He was now 71 years old
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-Mr. Mandela and Mr. de Klerk share the Nobel Peace Prize
- they got it for there work of the peaceful termination of the apartheid and for laying the foundation for a new democratic south africa
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-A.N.C wins majority in election
-Mandela becomes president
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-third marriage at 80
-he marries Garca machel
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-Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated Mr. Mandela’s successor as president of South Africa
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-he reduces his public activities
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-Mandela is hospitalized for 19 days
- being treated for pneumonia and having an operation for gallstones
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