Died Nelson Mandela, the man who released to the black South Africa.

Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa and key man to finish with the racist system of the apartheid died this 5 of December in his house of Johannesburg. The health of Madiba, like affectionately called him, was fragile from about time. He already was 95 years old. Mandela is one of the key figure of the 20th century, a symbol of the capacity of the towns to overcome the past.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo (South Africa). He belonged to the xhosa ethnic group, was one of 13 children who had his father with four different wives. He had a happy childhood listening to stories of his town, when it was free, before the arrival of whites.

He studied secondary and high school, and finally he entered to the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg), where he graduated, in 1942, as a lawyer. Mandela joined to the African National Congress (ANC); an organisation who did peaceful campaigns against discrimination of black South African 

In 1943 he founded the Youth League also he organised a lot of protests against the apartheid. Thanks to strikes and other non-violent protests, his name started to be heard more and more.

The following year he was captured and sentenced to imprisonment. He spent 27 years of his life in poor conditions; he only could receive a visit and a letter every six months.

                                 

In prision he continued fighting. He was the most important black leader in South Africa.

In 1990 the president Frederik Klerk released Nelson Mandela, he was already 71 years old, and together they removed the 'apartheid' a year later. So in 1993 they were awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Mandela won in the first multiracial elections in 1994 and was President of South Africa. He worked during his mandate for the democracy in a country where violence, discrimination and injustice dominated for many years. He governed until 1999 and then he decided to retire from political life.

Now everybody remember him like a big person and he will never be forgotten.

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