monica nelson mandela

Prisoner to president

Introduction :

Nelson Mandela is well known for being the first black president of South Africa. He’s tried to stop apartheid but it failed, so the conclusion was that he ended up in prison. The name Nelson came from his teacher (his teachers name was miss.mdingane) because  she knew that europe invaded south africa so  all of the children should have a English name.  He was born on the 18^th of July 1918 and he has not come to the stage of death but he is very sick. He got sent to prison in 1963 and he got let out on the 11^th of February 1990. He hated the policy of apartheids.

Early life:

When nelson was born his father called him Rolihlaha. His name Rolihlaha meant troublemaker in Xhosa (cs-osa) . At the age of 7 his father sent him to school, his favorite sport was stick fighting. His father died when Nelson Mandela was 9 years old (very young). At one point of his life he moved to a house in Alexander that had no electricity and water so no showers even! Nelson Mandela’s favorite breakfast is plain porridge, with fresh fruit and fresh milk. His father had 4 wives, he had one younger sister Leabie but sadly she passed away, luckily he had another sister Mabel and a brother, but he died when nelson was in prison. 

In prison:

Nelson got sent to prison because of apartheid. In prison his room was tiny, to prove it his hands and feet could touch the walls! He only had a thin blanket to sleep with and a bucket for a toilet. His prison was just off the coast of cape town. The 2^nd time he got sent to prison was because he left the country with a fake passport. The 2^nd time he got put in Nelson was 44 and he got let out at the age of 71.

After prison:

He was meant to stay in prison for his whole life for what he had done but as the president died the new president let him go. He got elected for being president on his 80^th birthday; Nelson was only president for 5 years, from May 10 to June 1999. He went back to working for justice and equality for all South Africans. After his release, he plunged himself wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to attain the goals he and others had set out almost four decades earlier. In 1991, at the first national conference of the ANC held inside South Africa after the organization had been banned in 1960, Mandela was elected President of the ANC while his lifelong friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, became the organization’s National Chairperson.