- 20. yüzyılın en tanınmış siyasal tutuklularından Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 Temmuz 1918’de Güney Afrika’nın Transkei bölgesi, Thembu kabilesinde doğdu.
- Önemli olan derinin rengi değil, değerlerinin rengidir. "Gerçek liderler, halklarının özgürlüğü için her şeyi feda etmeye hazır olmalıdır." - Nelson Mandela.
- Nelson Mandela Kimdir ? Mandela 18 Temmuz 1918 tarihinde Mvezo,Güney Afrika'da doğmuştur. Ailesi Kosa dilini konuşan Tembu kabilesindendir.
- Nelson Mandela was elected the first Black president of South Africa in 1994, following the first multiracial election in South Africa's history.
- Nelson Mandela(Original Caption) Nelson Mandela outside his Soweto home three days after his release. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images).
- A Nobel laureate, Nelson Mandela was the man responsible for overthrowing apartheid & unifying the country of South Africa.
- South Africa’s first democratic national election was set for April 27, 1994. The ANC, led by Nelson Mandela, won a sweeping victory, pulling about 63% of the votes.
- Source: From Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations © 2010 by Nelson R. Mandela and The Nelson Mandela Foundation.
- Nelson Mandela was ultimately dragged into the new Rivonia trial owing to a number of documents in his handwriting that had been seized from Lilliesleaf.