Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday this Friday. Many heads of state paid tribute to him for his historic contribution to the abolition of apartheid and the improvement of living conditions of South Africans. But Mr. Mandela did not consider its task completed. Through his foundation, he continues to fight for a more just South Africa..

His father was Mphakanyiswa Gadler Hendry, head of the Xhosa tribe Tembu. At the age of seven years, Rolihlahla Mandela became the first member of the family to attend school. It is a Methodist teacher who gave him the name of western Nelson.

After graduating, he joined the University of Fort Hare where he met Oliver Tambo, who became his friend and colleague. At the end of its first year, board member representing the students, he is involved in the boycott of university regulation. It is then returned to the university.

In 1942 Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) member of the Socialist International, to fight against the political domination of the white minority. In 1944, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo, he founded the most dynamic youth league of the ANC.

In 1955, while the National Party seems set to continue in government, Mandela participated in drafting the charter of liberty for a basic program is the fight against racial segregation and apartheid. At that time, Mandela and Tambo joined in their own practice and are providing free legal advice to poor blacks.

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