2006-06-21 23:57:25 · 9 answers · asked by Cat Fanatic 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
He is a lawyer by profession.
He also achieved many degrees and masters certificates; please read on this site:
http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html
He was a politician too and he still is.
2006-06-24 04:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by Diezel 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA: [roli'ɬaɬa]) (born 18 July 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. Before his presidency he was a prominent anti-apartheid activist who, while imprisoned for 27 years, was involved in the planning of underground armed resistance activities. The armed struggle was, for Mandela, a last resort; he remained steadfastly committed to nonviolence. Through his 27-year imprisonment, much of it spent in a cell on Robben Island, Mandela became the most widely known figure in the struggle against South African apartheid. Although the apartheid regime and nations sympathetic to it considered him and the ANC to be terrorists, the armed struggle was an integral part of the overall campaign against apartheid. The switch in policy to that of reconciliation, which Mandela pursued upon his release in 1990, facilitated a peaceful transition to fully-representative democracy in South Africa.
Having received over a hundred awards over four decades, Mandela is currently a celebrated elder statesman who continues to voice his opinion on topical issues. In South Africa he is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan. The title has come to be synonymous with Nelson Mandela. Many South Africans also refer to him reverently as 'mkhulu' (grandfather).
2006-06-22 07:48:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nelson Mandela had been a lawyer and a fighter of apartheied.
2006-06-22 07:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mandela is for south africa as Gandhi for India- the father of nation
2006-06-22 07:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by deepak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lawyer by profession, but not many know that he also was a very good boxer and a very good rugby player
2006-06-22 07:03:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a lawyer but also defended black people and fought for their rights
2006-06-22 07:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by ms.moody 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Professionally he is lawyer.
2006-06-22 07:01:37 · answer #7 · answered by Lee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_mandela
2006-06-22 07:18:28 · answer #8 · answered by Prakash 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a criminal remember?
2006-06-22 07:01:46 · answer #9 · answered by phur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋