Nelson
Mandela
was
born
on
18th
July
____________________
and
grew
up
in
a
beautiful
rural
village
in
South
Africa
called
____________________
.
His
father
was
a
Thembu
African
____________________
.
He
did
not
have
much
____________________
but
was
very
well
respected
by
people
in
his
tribe
.
Nelson
spent
his
days
looking
after
the
cattle
and
sheep
,
fishing
and
swimming
in
the
streams
.
At
the
time
there
was
no
free
____________________
in
South
Africa
so
most
children
in
the
village
were
unable
to
go
to
school
and
stayed
at
home
doing
chores
for
their
family
.
However
,
as
he
was
the
son
of
a
respected
chief
,
Nelson
was
allowed
to
attend
____________________
.
Nelson
worked
hard
and
studied
diligently
so
that
eventually
he
became
a
____________________
.
During
this
time
different
____________________
groups
had
to
live
completely
separated
under
a
system
called
?
____________________
.
People
were
____________________
as
being
?
White'
,
?
Coloured'
,
?
Indian'
or
?
Black'
.
People
of
____________________
were
not
allowed
to
vote
,
were
given
worse
housing
,
medical
care
and
amenities
than
white
people
and
had
limited
schooling
and
job
opportunities
.
Nelson
Mandela
thought
that
these
laws
were
wrong
so
he
became
involved
with
a
____________________
party
called
the
African
National
____________________
or
____________________
.
The
ANC
opposed
apartheid
and
encouraged
people
to
____________________
the
unfair
laws
.
They
believed
in
equal
____________________
for
everyone
.
Nelson
Mandela
and
the
ANC
protested
____________________
.
However
,
in
1963
he
was
____________________
for
plotting
to
overthrow
the
government
and
sentenced
to
life
imprisonment
.
One
of
the
jails
Nelson
Mandela
stayed
in
was
called
____________________
Island
.
While
in
prison
Nelson
Mandela
gained
the
____________________
of
people
all
over
the
world
who
respected
his
beliefs
about
equal
rights
for
everyone
.
There
were
many
____________________
asking
for
Nelson
Mandela
to
be
released
from
prison
and
to
end
apartheid
in
South
Africa
.
Nelson
Mandela
was
finally
released
from
jail
on
February
11th
1990
after
spending
____________________
years
in
prison
.
Soon
after
Nelson
Mandela
was
released
,
President
F
.
W
de
____________________
resigned
and
apartheid
was
officially
____________________
.
This
meant
that
all
South
Africans
were
allowed
to
vote
for
the
first
time
.
Nelson
Mandela
____________________
the
first
black
____________________
of
South
Africa
on
10th
May
____________________
and
held
office
until
1999
.
In
1993
Nelson
Mandela
received
,
together
with
De
Klerk
,
The
Nobel
Peace
____________________
for
his
efforts
to
ensure
that
all
South
Africans
,
whatever
their
colour
,
respected
each
other
and
lived
together
peacefully
.
Mandela
died
on
5th
____________________
2013
at
the
age
of
____________________
in
Johannesburg
.
Approximately
90
representatives
of
foreign
states
travelled
to
South
Africa
to
attend
his
state
____________________
on
15th
December
.
