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    Mandela, Nelson
    /manˈdɛlə/
    • 1. (1918–2013), South African statesman, president 1994–9; full name Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 as an activist for the African National Congress (ANC). Released in 1990, as leader of the ANC he engaged in talks on the introduction of majority rule with President F. W. de Klerk, with whom he shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He became the country's first democratically elected president in 1994.
  2. Jan 3, 2024 · The Mandela Effect occurs when a large mass of people believe that an event occurred when it did not. Explore examples and possible explanations.

  3. Nelson Mandela was a famous leader. A man who went from being a prisoner to a President and became an inspiration to people all over the world! Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa.

  4. 2 days ago · Nelson Mandela was a Black nationalist and the first Black president of South Africa (1994–99). A revered anti-apartheid activist, he fought for equality and reconciliation, leaving an enduring legacy of peace and social justice.

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  5. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/ m æ n ˈ d ɛ l ə / man-DEH-lə; [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

    • Nelson Mandela’s Childhood and Education. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo, where his father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c.
    • Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress. Nelson Mandela’s commitment to politics and the ANC grew stronger after the 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National Party, which introduced a formal system of racial classification and segregation—apartheid—that restricted nonwhites’ basic rights and barred them from government while maintaining white minority rule.
    • Nelson Mandela and the Armed Resistance Movement. In 1961, Nelson Mandela co-founded and became the first leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”), also known as MK, a new armed wing of the ANC.
    • Nelson Mandela’s Years Behind Bars. Nelson Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the brutal Robben Island Prison, a former leper colony off the coast of Cape Town, where he was confined to a small cell without a bed or plumbing and compelled to do hard labor in a lime quarry.
  6. Feb 20, 2024 · The Mandela Effect, a fascinating phenomenon in which people share a collective memory that never happened, has sparked discussions about the nature of memories, reality and even the possibility...

  7. Oct 4, 2024 · The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon where a large group of people remember an event or detail differently from how it actually occurred, often attributing their false memories to alternate realities or universes.

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