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Nelson Mandela

Nelson MandelaAKA Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela

Born: 18-Jul-1918
Birthplace: Umtata, Transkei, South Africa

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Head of State

Nationality: South Africa
Executive summary: Former President of South Africa

Wife: Evelyn Ntoko (cousin Walter Sisulu, m. 1944, div. 1955, d., 30-Apr-2004, 4 children)
Son: Madiba Thembekile (d. 1969 automobile accident)
Son: Makgatho Mandela (d. 6-Jan-2005 AIDS Johanesburg age 54)
Wife: Winnie Mandela (activist, nee Nomazmo, m. 1958)
Wife: Graca Machel (widow of former President of Mozambique Samora Machel)

    High School: Healdtown
    University: University College of Fort Hare

    President of South Africa
    African National Congress
    Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
    Bharat Ratna 1990
    Nobel Peace Prize 1993 (with F. W. de Klerk)
    Stalin Peace Prize 1962
    Sakharov Prize 1988 (with Anatoli Marchenko)
    Congressional Gold Medal
    Order of Canada
    Presidential Medal of Freedom 2002
    Treason
    Sabotage
    Hunger Strike
    Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Fidel (2-Aug-2001) Himself
    Malcolm X (18-Nov-1992)

Is the subject of books:
Mandela, The Authorized Biography, 1999, BY: Anthony Sampson

Author of books:
Long Walk to Freedom (1995, memoir)


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