"Remember that hope is a powerful weapon even when all else is best" -NELSON MANDELA-

 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a politician and anti-apartheid campaigner from South Africa who presided over the country as its first leader from 1994 to 1999. He was the first completely representative democratic election to elect a black head of state in the nation. He was born on July 18, 1918, Mvezo, South Africa. Zindziswa Mandela, Zenani Mandela, Madiba Thembekile Mandela, Makgatho Mandela was his children. Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal were some of the awards that he took. Ndaba Mandela, Mandla Mandela, Zoleka Mandela, Prince Cedza Dlamini were his grandchildren. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela. When Rolihlahla was 12 years old, his father passed away, and he was taken in as Jongintaba's ward at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni. When he attended to elementary school in Qunu, Nelson was the name he was given by his primary school teacher, Miss Mdingane, who followed the tradition of giving all students "Christian" names.

In addition to graduating from Healdtown, a reputable Wesleyan secondary school, he also passed his Junior Certificate at Clarkebury Boarding Institute. The University College of Fort Hare is where Mandela started his studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree, but he was expelled for taking part in a student protest and never finished his degree there. When Rolihlahla was 12 years old, his father passed away, and he was taken in as Jongintaba's ward at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni. In 1943, after completing his BA at the University of South Africa, he returned to Fort Hare to receive his diploma.  He started taking studies at the University of the Witwatersrand for an LLB during this time. He admitted himself to be a poor student and left the university in 1952 without acquiring a degree. After his arrest in 1962, he only resumed his studies through the University of London, although he also didn't finish that degree. He graduated from the University of South Africa with an LLB in 1989, during the final months of his incarceration. At a ceremony in Cape Town, he received his diploma absentia.

When he assisted in the creation of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in 1944, Mandela became a member of the African National Congress. His first child, who passed away in infancy, was one of two sons and two girls he had with Evelyn Mase. He advanced inside the ANCYL, and in 1949 the ANC approved the Program of Action, a more radical mass-based program. Mandela was selected in 1952 to lead the Defiance Campaign, a joint initiative of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, as the nation's national volunteer. He and 19 other people were charged under the Suppression of Communism Act, and they were each given a sentence of nine months of hard labor with a two-year suspension. In the 1950s, Mandela and Oliver Tambo founded South Africa's first black-owned law business. He was first prohibited at the end of 1952 and was only allowed to observe the Freedom Charter's adoption in Kliptown on June 26, 1955. In order to garner support for the armed struggle, Mandela surreptitiously departed South Africa on January 11, 1962, adopting under the name David Motsamayi.

 In July 1962, he returned to South Africa, where on August 5th, he was arrested at a police roadblock west of Howick. Following his conviction, he was given a five-year prison term, which he started to fulfill at the Pretoria Local Prison. He was sent to Robben Island on May 27, 1963, and arrived back in Pretoria on June 12, 1963. Due to his race, Goldberg was transported to Pretoria Prison while the others were transferred to Robben Island.  Mandela, Sisulu, Mhlaba, and Mlangeni were all transported to Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town on March 31, 1982. He was kept alone when he returned to the prison in November 1985, and Justice Minister Kobie Coetsee paid him a visit in the hospital. Later, Mandela started discussions on a potential meeting between the ANC and the apartheid authorities. He was admitted to the hospital on August 12, 1988. On December 7, 1988, after spending more than three months in two hospitals, he was moved to a house at Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, where he served his final 14 months of his prison time.

On Sunday, February 11, 1990, he was released from its confines, some four months after his remaining Rivonia companions had been set free and nine days after the ANC and PAC had been declared no longer banned. He has turned down at least three offers of conditional release during the course of his imprisonment. In 1991, Mandela was chosen ANC President to take the place of his sick friend Oliver Tambo. Mandela then immersed himself in official negotiations to remove white minority rule. He and President FW de Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and on April 27, 1994, he voted his very first vote. In 1994, Mandela took power as South Africa's first president to be chosen democratically. In 1998, he gets married Graça Machel and He created the Nelson Mandela Foundation. At a ceremony held at the Mvezo Great Place in April 2007, his grandson Mandla Mandela was appointed to lead the Mvezo Traditional Council.

Nelson Mandela's commitment to democracy, equality, and education never wavered. He never responded to racism with racism despite terrible provocation. His life serves as an example for everyone who is oppressed and disadvantaged as well as everyone who opposes oppression and difficult situations. On December 5th, 2013, he passed away in his Johannesburg home.