- His name is Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.
He was born on 18th July 1918 in Mvezo, Cape province, South Africa and he died on 5th December 2013 in Johannesburg.
Nelson Mandela was involved in " anti-colonian" politics.
He was South African.
He married three times with (Evelyn Ntoke Mase, Winnie Madikizela and Graç Machel and he had six children.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison because of his political ideas.
He was an anti-apartheid activist, a Politician, a Philanthropist, a lawyer and a Freedom Fighter.
Mandela played an important role of fighting against apartheid in South Africa.
Mandela wanted the same rights for black people and equality between withe and black people.
He also wanted to finish the system of segregating the society according to race.
