can you tell me nelson madela's bio data?

Answer 1

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (IPA Image:Rolihlahla.png) (born July 18, 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 and leader of the African National Congress. He was tried and imprisoned for his involvement in underground armed resistance activities. The armed struggle was a last resort; he had remained steadfastly committed to non-violence.[1] 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 communists and 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).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

Answer 2

He was born in mid 1918 (a few hours after the murder of Czar Nicolas 2 & family) somewhere in Transkai. Immigrated to Johannesburg, became a policeman, a boxer and a lawyer. In 1944 (if I am not mistaking) he ceated the Youth Leage of the ANC. Was involved in the creation of the ANC's armed wing, Umkonto We Sizwe, which plotted tooverthrow the govrnment, and therefore he faced crimminal charges. Judge De Wet decided to sentence him to life in prison instead of death. He was a category B (out of 3) prisoner in Robbin Island. There (or maybe before) he started writing his autobiography, ''Long Walk for Freedom''. In the 1980s he was removed to another prison, and thn to a house which was converted into a prison, and in 1990 he was released. On the 10.5.1994 he was inaugurated as S. Africa's president, and retired in 1999.