A brief History Of Nelson Mandela With Pictures

1918: Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela is born in the village of Mvezo, in the Transkei on 18 July. His father, a member of the Thembu clan, has three other wives in addition to Rolihlahla’s mother, and 12 other sons and daughters.see more pictures of his early stages in life.

. Mandela in a class photograph from the late 1930s
Mandela and his co-accused were acquitted after a four-and-a-half-year trial

Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie at their wedding in 1957

This copy was taken from the family album the original was by Alf Khumalo Mandela in traditional costume in the early 1960s

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is pictured meeting with Mandela in Gaza City in October 1988

African women demonstrate in front of the Law Courts in Pretoria after the verdict of the Rivonia trial
Mandela with his wife Winnie in 1962


Mandela on his release from prison in February 1990 



A jubilant Sowetan holds up in Soweto a newspaper announcing the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990
Mandela and wife Winnie after his release from Victor Verster prison in February 1990
Mandela and his wife Winnie play with their grandchild Bambata at their Soweto home in 1990
Mandela, wearing Xhosa traditional outfit, and her father Nelson in October 1992
Mandela salutes the crowd alongside Fidel Castro in Matanzas in July 1991
Mandela shakes hands with Margaret Thatcher in July 1990
Mandela with Alex Ferguson
mandela and david beckham

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