Nelson Mandela

By CaptainSparklez

  • Rolihlahla (Nelson) Mandela

  • Attends primary school near Qunu

  • Mandela's Father's Death

  • Attends Clarkebury Boarding Institute in Engcobo

  • Attends Wesleyan College at Fort Beaufort

  • Enrolls at the University College of Fort Hare

  • Expelled

  • Escapes an arranged marriage; becomes a mine security officer; starts articles at the law firm Witkin, Sidelsky & Eidelman

  • Completes BA through the University of South Africa

  • Begins to attend African National Congress meetings informally

  • Graduates with BA from Fort Hare

  • Marries Evelyn Ntoko Mase – they have four children: Thembekile (1945); Makaziwe (1947 – who dies after nine months); Makgatho Makaziwe

  • Elected national secretary of the ANCYL (African National Congress Youth League) Which He Co-Founded

  • Eleted the new president of the ACNYL

  • Devises the M-Plan for the ANC’s future underground operations

  • Watches as the Congress of the People at Kliptown adopts the Freedom Charter

  • The ANC is banned

  • Leaves the country for military training and to garner support for the ANC

  • Returns to South Africa

  • Sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and leaving the country without a passport

  • Sent to Robben Island

  • Returned to Pretoria Local Prison

  • Appears in court for the first time in what becomes known as the Rivonia Trial

  • Pleads not guilty to sabotage in the Rivonia Trial

  • James Kantor discharged and released

  • All except Rusty Bernstein are convicted and sentenced to life

  • Mandela and Others Arrive on Robben Island

  • Thembekile is killed in a car accident

  • Mandela, Sisulu, Raymond Mhlaba and Andrew Mlangeni and later Ahmed Kathrada are sent to Pollsmoor Prison

  • Through his daughter, Zindzi, Mandela rejects South African President PW Botha's offer to release him if he renounces violence

  • ANC is unbanned

  • Elected ANC Deputy President

  • Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

  • Votes for the first time in his life

  • Elected President of South Africa democracy by Parliament

  • Marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday

  • After one term as President, Mandela Stepped down and founded Melson Mandela Foundation

  • Announces that he will be stepping down from public life

  • Turns 90 years old =D.

  • Celebrates his 92nd birthday at home in Johannesburg with family and friends

  • Celebrates his 93rd birthday with his family in Qunu, Eastern Cape

  • Celebrates his 94th birthday with his family in Qunu, Transkei

  • Passes away at home in Johannesburg at the age of 95 years.=(