A little information about Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

(1918-2013)

Nelson Mandela was born in 1918. He was in prison from 1962 to 1990. He became President of South Africa in 1994, and retired in 1999. He became a hero to people all over the world due in the main to his long fight against bad government and racial prejudice.

As South Africa's President, he was respected for his courage and wisdom in bringing people together to live in peace. Another famous South African, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, called South Africa a 'rainbow nation'. Nelson Mandela also spoke of it this way. Its people were of all races and colours, working together.

Nelson Mandela died on 5 December 2013, aged 95. 

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