TODAY NELSON MANDELA IS RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PERSONALITIES IN THE WORLD. HE BELONGS IN THE CATEGORY OF MEN WHO HAVE GRACED AND SHAPED OUR CIVILIZATION WITH THEIR PERSONAL CHARISMA AND NOBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHANGE THE WORLD ENTIRETY.
HIS LIFE LONG FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERATION IN S.A AND EVIDENTIAL SUCCESS WILL DEFIANTLY BE WRITTEN IN GOLD IN THE JOURNALS OF HISTORY AND REMEMBERED FROM GENERATIONS TO COME. HIS ENTIRE EXISTENCE IN LIFE EPITOMISES A MAN’S UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR FREEDOM, LIBERTY AND EQUALITY. NELSON MANDELA WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 1918 IN THE RURAL PLACE OF UMTATA TRANSKEI, SOUTHERN AFRICA. HIS FATHER WAS THE CHIEF ADVISER OF THE THEMBU TRIBE RULER. AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN 1927, NELSON MANDELA WAS SENT TO LIVE WITH THE CHIEF OF THEMBU NATION. HOWEVER, IN HIS LATE TEENS, NELSON MANDELA RENOUNCED HIS HEREDITARY RIGHTS TO THE CHIEFDOM AND TOOK UP HIS COLLEGE STUDIES.
