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