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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in mvezo union Sudafricana in
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Nelson comes to study at the University of fortfare
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Founded the Youth League African National Congress (ANC)with Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu.
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Nelson Mandela married his first wife Evelyn, with whom he had a daughter and two sons. they divorced in 1957
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Mandela and others are arrested and acussed under the Suppression of Communism Act. Receives a suspended prison sentence.
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in this year, nelson mandela was selected vicepresident of the political movement ANC
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in This year he married Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. They separated in April 1992 and divorced four years later. winnie, she was with nelson all the time when he was in the jail
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in 1962 Nelson leaves the country secretly. Travel for military training in Morocco and Ethiopia. On his return to South Africa, he is captured and sentenced to five years in prison for incitement and leaving the country illegally.
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While serving the sentence of five years in prison, Mandela is charged with conspiracy and sabotage.
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Mandela and seven others are sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island prison off the coast of Cape Town.
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after 26 years in prison Frederik de Klerk, South Africa's last white president, annuls the prohibiton the ANC and other liberation movements.
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in this month nelson mandela was released
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nelson was elected the president of ANC
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"Madiba", as it is known in South Africa, won the Nobel Peace Prize with de Klerk.
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Mandela is sworn in as the first black president of South Africa..
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nelson was retired in this year handed power to Mbeki.
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mandela is hospitalized for the occurrence of a lung infection.
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Nelson Mandela dies at his home in Johannesburg after suffering a long lung infection.
