Nelson Mandela Lifetime

By Patience and Noel

Mandela was born July 18, 1918

-Mandela grew up in a valley surrounded by grass covered hills.

-He grew up in a Mvezo in Transkei which is near the Indian Ocean.

Nelsons Childhood July 1925

-Mandela attended primary school near Qunu(he received the name "Nelson" from a teacher)

1927
-Nelson father died when he was nine years old,he was the chief of Thembu clan.

1937
-Moved to Healdtown attending the Wesleyan college in Fort Beaufort when he was 19.

Nelson's Life in Jail

-On June 12, 1964 Nelson was sentenced to be jailed for life - but on February 11 1990 Mandela was freed.

1939
-He was asked to leave Fort,because he was involve in the boycott of the Students Representative Council against the universities policies. -Worked as a guard at a mine and then clerk at a law firm

1943
-Nelson joined the African National Congress (ANC)as an activist.

1944
-He married his first wife,her name was Evelyn Ntoko Mase they broke up in 1957. -His second wife was Winnie,1958

1948

-South African government limited the freedom of black Africans even more when th apartheid policy of racial segregation is introduced across the country.

1952
-Opened the first black legal firm in South Africa with fellow lawyers Oliver Tambo providing a free or low-cost legal counsel to many blacks. -

1955
-Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People calling for equal rights and a program of the anti-apartheid cause.

1960
-Nelson goes into a hiding and forms a underground military group with arm resistance.

-The police killed over 69 peaceful protester and the ANC was banned

1968
-His mother died and his eldest son was killed in a car crash but he wasn't allowed to attend either funeral.

1976
-Over 600 students was killed in protests at Soweto and Sharpeville.

1977
-Steve Biko,the leader of the protests,was killed whilst in police custody.

1990
-Nelson was released from prison after 27 years.

-President De Klerk lifted the ban on the African National Congress(ANC)

1991
- Nelson became the president of the ANC.

1993
-Nelson and De Klerk was awarded the nobel peace prize.

1994
-April 26:blacks was allowed to vote for the first time,Mandela runs for president.

1998
-He married Grace Machel on his 80th birthday.

2004
-June: Mandela was announced that he would be retiring at age 85.

-July 23: Johannesburg bestowed his greatest honor br granting Nelson the freedom of the city.

2005
-On January 6, Mandela son, Makgatho Mandela died of AIDS.

2013
-Mandela is still here now at a age 95,and still exploring and being proud of what accomplished his life and all the ups and down.Now he can rest in peace without being bothered.