Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

A Biography on Nelson Mandela’s life in and out of prison

Notes

•          Born in July 18th 1918.

•          Went to school at 7 years old.

•         Didn’t have enough clothes so his dad cut some of his trousers

•         Father died when 9.

•         Rolihlahla was his real name.

•         Means trouble maker.

•         His favorite game was stick fighting.

•         He was born in Transkei.

•         His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe.

•         His father taught him to be braver.

•         His mother taught him old stories.

•         When his father died he got sent to a rich friend.

•         The friend’s name was Jhongi.

•         He had a real car which back then was amazing.

•         He got sent to University College of Fort Hare

•         Jhongi’s son Justice and Nelson Mandela became good friends.

•         Soon after he got sent to boarding school.

•         When he finished he became part of a thing that protests against whites ruling their country.

•         He got an arrange marriage with somebody so he left the country illegally with a fake passport.

•         He got sentenced in prison for life but only went for 27 years.

Why He Was Famous

Nelson Mandela was famous for protesting against the whites to get his freedom and his countries right to be free. Along the way he came into prison and lots more.

The Beginning

He was born on July 18 1918 in Umtata, Transkei. His real name was Rolihlahla which means trouble maker. He got sent to school at 7 years old but since he wasn’t rich his dad cut down some of his trousers so they looked like shorts.

Even though he was learning at school his dad at home was teaching him how to be a brave tribe boy and his mum was teaching him great ancient stories about Africa. He liked to go outside after school to play some awesome stick fighting which was his hobby.

Later on

2 years further on in his story his father chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe died so he got sent to a rich friend of his called Jhongi who amazingly back then had a running car. Jhongi had a son called Justice; Nelson and Justice became friends of a growing friendship.

Jhongi sent Nelson to the University College of Fort Hare to get educated well, at the school everybody had to wear a intelligent school uniform so that was a new experience.

Soon he got an unexpected arranged marriage so he illegally left the country with a smart fake passport, so when he got there he got sentenced for life in jail but only went for 27 years because of protests to let him out.

He spent 18 of his 27 years in his minute cell on Robin Island then he got shipped out to another island which the cell was better but it had higher security.

Afterwards they had a vote of who was going to be the new president and Nelson won, so he made some changes like to make the country free again!

Never, never and never again will this country face such horrors.” By Nelson Mandela when he was president.

By Julian Popovski Jones