1918: Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela is born in the village of Mvezo, in the Transkei on 18 July. His father, a member of the Thembu clan, has three other wives in addition to Rolihlahla’s mother, and 12 other sons and daughters.
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| Mandela in a class photograph from the late 1930s |
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| Mandela, center right, sings with supporters and the accused during the first treason trial outside the Drill Hall in Johannesburg, in 1956. Mandela and his co-accused were acquitted after a four-and-a-half-year trial |
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| Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie at their wedding in 1957. This copy was taken from the family album the original was by Alf Khumalo |
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| Mandela in traditional costume in the early 1960s |
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is pictured meeting with Mandela in Gaza City in October 1988 |
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| African women demonstrate in front of the Law Courts in Pretoria after the verdict of the Rivonia trial |
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| Mandela with his wife Winnie in 1962 |
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| Mandela on his release from prison in February 1990 |
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| A jubilant Sowetan holds up in Soweto a newspaper announcing the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990 |
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| Mandela and wife Winnie after his release from Victor Verster prison in February 1990 |
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| Mandela and his wife Winnie play with their grandchild Bambata at their Soweto home in 1990 |
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| Zinzi Mandela, wearing Xhosa traditional outfit, and her father Nelson in October 1992 |
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| Mandela salutes the crowd alongside Fidel Castro in Matanzas in July 1991 |
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| Mandela shakes hands with Margaret Thatcher in July 1990 |
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