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Nelson Mandela's biography

         Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected president of south africa (1994 - 1999) whit 62% of vote, and who ended the unjust system of apartheid in south africa.

         Mandela was born in Qunu,south africa on july 18,1918, his primary language was Xhosa,  his parents were Gadla and Nodekine.Mandela had three sisters. listen classical music like Handel and Tchaikovsky was Mandela's hobby and a sunset of the day, His  first job was herding family's cattle when He was only five years old. He was educated at mission school, then at Union college of Fort Hare and He studied law in Johannesburg.Mandela  was married three times, beginning with EvelynNtoko(1944), Mandela wed Winnie Medikizela in 1958 and many  years later, Mandela married Craca Machela(1998).

         Mandela joined the African National Congress(ANC) in 1942, He had three positions in ANC, first He was youth League Secretary in 1947,then Mandela was deputy Head of ANC in 1952, later in 1960 He was outlawed by ANC so, on february 11,1990 He was sentenced to life term for anti-government activities, He was released after 27 years, February 11,1990, but happily in a year later He became in  the president of ANC .

         Nelson Mandela's work has inspired by world peace, He was an activist person, take for example, after his retirement He took actions to raise money for children's charities and for his efforts to against the injustice of country's apartheid system He was awarded the Novel Peace Prize in 1993, and besides In 1994 Mandela decided  to publish an autobiography naimed Long Walk to freedom.

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