nelson mandela

     

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Trivia about nelson mandela

  • At his 1994 inaugural, he called for "a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world"
  • His books "No Easy Walk to Freedom" & "The Struggle Is My Life" were published during his imprisonment
  • Unable to say this future leader's tribal name, a teacher gave him a new name, perhaps after a British naval hero
  • One of the ska anthems of the '80s was the Specials' plea to "free" this South African
  • After more than 27 years in jail, I was released by the South African government on Feb. 11, 1990
  • He's the long-time prisoner seen here(in South Africa)
  • In 1993 the prize was given jointly to F.W. de Klerk & this leader who succeeded him
  • In 1988, with Eric Clapton on guitar, Dire Straits played this S. African's 70th birthday celebration at Wembley Stadium
  • On Feb. 10, 1985 this African man said, "Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts"
  • On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time
  • Now serving as president, this world leader spent 27 years in South African jails
  • This South African president is the son of a Tembu tribal chief
  • After being jailed for 28 years, he was elected president of South Africa in 1994
  • This African was a prisoner for 28 years, then a world leader for 5
  • This South African Nobel Peace Prize winner was named Rolihlahla, which in colloquial usage means "troublemaker"
  • In 1999, this anti-apartheid activist retired as president of South Africa
  • Winnie Nomzamo(1958-1996)
  • On April 29, 1994 this man was elected president of South Africa in that country's first interracial national election
  • In 1918 he was born the son of a Tembu chief in what's now Eastern Cape province
  • Once sentenced to life imprisonment, he was elected South Africa's first black leader in 1994
  • Cite the embarrassment wife Winnie Madikizela caused you to get a 1996 divorce
  • Ths anti-apartheid activist's July 18th birthday is now an annual event celebrated in South Africa
  • He's the dignified but defiant political prisoner seen here
  • For its Christmas 1993 issue, French Vogue tapped this South African leader to guest edit
  • In 1996 this president of South Africa oversaw the enactment of a new democratic constitution
  • In 1994 he said his countrymen were as attached to the land as "The famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria"
  • Released from prison in 1990, he won a Nobel prize in 1993 & became president of South Africa a year later
  • Barack Obama wrote the foreword to this other leader's book "Conversations with Myself"

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