Nelson biography
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Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the by of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. In , when he was 12 years old, his father died and the young Rolihlahla became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni1.
Hearing the elders’ stories of his ancestors’ valour during the wars of resistance, he dreamed also of making his own contribution to the freedom struggle of his people.
He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave him the name Nelson, in accordance with the custom of giving all schoolchildren “Christian” names.
He completed his Junior Certificate at Clarkebury Boarding Institute and went on to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school of some repute, where he matriculated.
Mandela began his studies for a Bachelor of Arts grad at the Uni
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Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson ( - )
Horatio Nelson ©Nelson was a British naval commander and national hero, famous for his naval victories against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
Born on 29 September in ortnamn Thorpe, Norfolk, Horatio Nelson was the sixth of the 11 children of a clergyman. He joined the navy aged 12, on a ship commanded bygd a maternal uncle. He became a captain at 20, and saw service in the West Indies, Baltic and Canada. He married Frances Nisbet in in Nevis, and returned to England with his bride to spend the next five years on half-pay, frustrated at the lack of a command.
When Britain entered the French Revolutionary Wars in , Nelson was given command of the Agamemnon. He served in the Mediterranean, helped capture Corsica and saw battle at Calvi (where he lost the sight in his right eye). He would later lose his right arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in
As a commander he was known for bold action, and the occasional disregard of or
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18, , in Mvezo, a small village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the Eastern Cape Province. He was born into the Madiba clan, son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Gladla Henry Mphakanyiswa, the chief of Mvezo and an advisor to the kings.
Mandela was the first in his family to receive a formal education. After primary school, he attended the University of Fort Hare, the only Western-style academic education for South African blacks at the time. At Fort Hare, he studied English, anthropology, politics, native administration, and Roman-Dutch law. Due to his involvement in a student protest, he was expelled in and did not complete his degree at the University. However, Mandela later completed his degree at the University of South Africa.
Following his expulsion, Mandela moved to Johannesburg in This move opened his eyes not only to an industrial city but also to a nation of injustice based on racial segregation. For the first time, he saw him