Thursday, December 5, 2013

Gandhian Nelson Mandela: A hero who battled apartheid | ummid.com

Gandhian Nelson Mandela: A hero who battled apartheid | ummid.com
Madiba, the clan name by which Mandela was lovingly called by South Africans, was born Rolihlala Dalibhunga Mandela July 18, 1918, in the village of Mvezo on the banks of river Mbashe in Transkei, South Africa, to Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the acting king of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo.