Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela (swīðre)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, (geboren 18 Mǣdmōnaþ, 1918) wæs gēara Foresittend Sūþafrican, wæs hēah gēanbyrdend wiþ apartheid, and ēac wǣs saboteur and guerrilla lāttēow wiþ apartheid. Todæg man him besēoþ lȳtesne eallīce swā frēodōmfeohtend. Æfter his cildhāda in þǣm Thembu rīce, hē nōm folgoþ in lagan.

Se nama Madiba is ārtītul for ieldran in Mandelan mǣgþe, þēah man in Sūþafrican brūcþ þisne naman for Nelson Mandela ānum.

Early life

Nelson Mandela is in Mvezo in þǣm Transkei on 18 Mǣdmōnaþ 1918 geboren. Hē hrerode tō Qunu and hēr wunode oþ hē wæs nigon gēaru. His fæder wæs Hendry Mphakanyiswa Gadla, hēafodmann Mvezon, smæl tūn on stæþ þǣm Mbashe strēam. Se sēofongēare Rolihlahla Mandela wierþ ǣrest his cynn gān tō scole, hwær him geaf Methodist lærere þone Engliscan name "Nelson". His fæder swealt hwonne hē wæs tīengēar, and Nelson man āsende tō Wesleyan mission scole next door to the palace of the Regent. Tō folgienne Xhosa custom wæs hē initiated at age 16, and attended Clarkebury Boarding Institute, learning about Western culture. Hē geendode his Junior Certificate æfter twǣm gēarum on stale þrēora.

On 23 July, 2004 se stede Iohannesburges gelācode his hīehstan āre on Mandela by granting him the freedom of the city at a ceremony in Orlando, Soweto.

Orders and decorations

• OM
• Lenin Peace Prize

Further reading

• Anthony Sampson; Mandela: the authorized biography; ISBN 0-679-78178-1 (1999)
• Nelson Mandela; Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela; Little Brown & Co; ISBN 0-316-54818-9 (paperback, 1995)

Sēo ēac

• Getalu of awards bestowed on Nelson Mandela
• Getalu Africaniscra wrītera
• Getalu Sūþafricena - Nelson Mandela voted number one in Top 100 South Africans

Ūtanwearde bendas

• ANC profile of Mandela
• Time 100 profile

Preceded by: Frederik Willem de Klerk (State Foresittend Sūþafrican)

1st Foresittend Sūþafrican

Succeeded by: Thabo Mbeki