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Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, Sudáfrica
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He joined the boarding school for blacks Fort Hare for higher studies.
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He starts to be military in the ANC(African National Congress)
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Nelson is married to Evelyn Ntoko Mase.
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Mandela was one of the founding leaders of the Youth League Congress, who would constitute the dominant group of the African National Congress; its ideology was an African socialism, nationalist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist.
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He launches the campaign of civil disobedience against apartheid. Opened the first black law firm with Oliver Tambo lawyers.
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Arrested with 155 other military and accused of high treason.
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Nelson Mandela married Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Launches armed embrace the movement and go into hiding.
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Sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage and high treason. Imprisoned in Robben Island.
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It is transferred to Pollsmoor prison. Starts an intense international campaign for his release.
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Released after 27 years in prison.
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He received Nobel Peace Prize with F. W. de Klerk, the last president of apartheid.
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He elected president after the victory of ABC in the first inter-racial elections.
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He married Graca Machel
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He retired the first term of his mandate. Suffering from prostate cancer. Since then he directed his work to various humanitarian causes since its foundation. In 2001 he began treatment against the disease.
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