He had twelve siblings.
He passed the qualification exam to become a lawyer.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993.
He suffered from a respiratory infection.
He was the son of Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa and Nosekeni Fanny.
His birth name was Rolihlahla Mandela.
He married his third wife in 1998.
His father was a local chief and councillor to the monarch.
He was born in Mvezo, South Africa.
He studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand.
He spent 27 years in prison for political offenses.
He died in Johannesburg.
He was 95 years old when he died.
He attended the South African Native College.
He died on December 5, 2013.
He helped end the country's apartheid system of racial segregation.
He had six children.
He had four children with his first wife and two daughters with the second one.
He was born on July 18, 1918.
He married three times.
He was a black nationalist and the first black president of South Africa (1994-99).
His father was a polygamist with four wives.
He was the first in his family to attend school.
He was born to the Thembu royal family.