Nelson Mandela biography
Nelson Mandela was born in 18 July 1918 , he is the first black president of south Africa . Mandela is politician , revolutionary fostering racial reconciliation . He served as Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1898 - 1999.

Early life
Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the village of Mvezo in Umtata,Transcay proviance , south africa .he is given the forename Rolihlahla meaning (troublemaker) , in later years he became known by his clan name, Madiba .
He grew up with two sisters in his mother's house in the village of Qunu. he worked as a cattle-boy and spent much time outside with other boys .
his mother became Christian and sent him to local Methodist school when he was about seven .
Mandela's mother took him to the "Great Place" palace at Mqhekezweni under the custody of the guardianship of the Thembu regent, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo .
he studied English, Xhosa, history and geography. he loved African history through listening to palace elders visitors.

nelson mandela said : " No one in my family had ever attended school .
On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education. That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why this particular name I have no idea " .
— Mandela, 1994

Mandela began his secondary education at Clarkebury Methodist High School in Engcobo , a Western-style institution that was the largest school for black Africans in Thembuland . he is encouraged to socialize with other students on equal basis .
In 1937 he moved to Healdtown, the Methodist college in Fort Beaufort .
The headmaster emphasized the superiority of English culture and government, but Mandela became increasingly interested in native African culture .
Mandela began studying law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was the only black African student and faced racism .
In1943, Mandela met Anton Lembede who is totally against racism .
Despite his friendships with non-blacks and communists, Mandela embraced Lembede's views, believing that black Africans should be entirely independent in their struggle for political self-determination .
Mandela was elected as South Africa's first black chief executive in Pretoria on 10 May 1994, televised to a billion viewers globally .

40 million, around 23 million lacked electricity or adequate sanitation, and 12 million lacked clean water supplies, with 2 million children not in school and a third of the population illiterate. There was 33% unemployment, and just under half of the population lived below the poverty line.
Under Mandela's presidency, welfare spending increased by 13% in 1996/97, 13% in 1997/98, and 7% in 1998/99 .
At Mandela 's reign was full of welfare for blacks in education , health , food equal to whites .
Mandela died on 5 December 2013 at the age of 95 .