In history of African presidents, Mandela is known to be the only president who took the shortest term of presidency office by resigning when he felt there was need for someone else to take over the leadership. It is also a fact that he was one among those African presidents who took a large portion of his life in prison. There are numerous interesting facts that surround the life of Nelson Mandela.
During his lifetime, Mandela has been awarded with hundreds of honors and awards. Mandela was also an honorary member of Manchester United, Honorary citizen of Canada and honorary member of British Labour Party. Mandela is also known to have had a variety of places named after him among them being a prehistoric woodpecker (the Aistralopicus nelsonmandelai), a nuclear particle (the Mandela particle) and an orchid (Paravanda Nelson Mandela).
While studying in the Fort Hare, Mandela was expelled after he was discovered to have participated a student protest. However, Mandela completed his degree in Unisa University few years later. He also joined the Wits University where he pursued his law degree.
When serving his imprisonment term, Mandela is known to have been kept in a 2M by 2.5M sized chamber. This cubicle contained nothing more than a bucket for sanitation and bedroll on the ground. In his jail time, Mandela was banished to hard tasks for example working on a lime quarry. The court only allowed him to be receiving one later and visitors after six months.
Mandela rejected the offer by the apartheid government to release him more than six times. This was always followed by a quote that, even though he cared for his freedom, he as well cared for the freedom of his people. Just to mean that he could not accept their offer while the people party ANC was still banned.
His birthday is the only date ever, which UN devoted like a celebration date. The UN declared his birthday that is on 18 to be celebrated globally. Actually, he is the only person whose birthday has ever been declared as a holiday by the UN.
Other amazing facts about Mandela explain of his escape when he was being searched when he tried to fight for independence. For example, Mandela pretended himself to be a security guard in a mine, a chef boy and a chauffeur. Mandela also tried to change his name to David Motsamayi when he was trying to leave South Africa to other parts of Africa and England.
Throughout his life, Mandela had various funny and quite interesting facts some that have been pointed out above. These facts explain the life of Mandela during and after he became the first leader of South Africa. Besides these details Mandela has acquired plenty of recognition because of his effort to end the apartheid regime. His first wife, Winnie greatly supported him in his fight for South African freedom and was in many times arrested for trying to cover up her husband and the activities of the ANC freedom fighters.
During his lifetime, Mandela has been awarded with hundreds of honors and awards. Mandela was also an honorary member of Manchester United, Honorary citizen of Canada and honorary member of British Labour Party. Mandela is also known to have had a variety of places named after him among them being a prehistoric woodpecker (the Aistralopicus nelsonmandelai), a nuclear particle (the Mandela particle) and an orchid (Paravanda Nelson Mandela).
While studying in the Fort Hare, Mandela was expelled after he was discovered to have participated a student protest. However, Mandela completed his degree in Unisa University few years later. He also joined the Wits University where he pursued his law degree.
When serving his imprisonment term, Mandela is known to have been kept in a 2M by 2.5M sized chamber. This cubicle contained nothing more than a bucket for sanitation and bedroll on the ground. In his jail time, Mandela was banished to hard tasks for example working on a lime quarry. The court only allowed him to be receiving one later and visitors after six months.
Mandela rejected the offer by the apartheid government to release him more than six times. This was always followed by a quote that, even though he cared for his freedom, he as well cared for the freedom of his people. Just to mean that he could not accept their offer while the people party ANC was still banned.
His birthday is the only date ever, which UN devoted like a celebration date. The UN declared his birthday that is on 18 to be celebrated globally. Actually, he is the only person whose birthday has ever been declared as a holiday by the UN.
Other amazing facts about Mandela explain of his escape when he was being searched when he tried to fight for independence. For example, Mandela pretended himself to be a security guard in a mine, a chef boy and a chauffeur. Mandela also tried to change his name to David Motsamayi when he was trying to leave South Africa to other parts of Africa and England.
Throughout his life, Mandela had various funny and quite interesting facts some that have been pointed out above. These facts explain the life of Mandela during and after he became the first leader of South Africa. Besides these details Mandela has acquired plenty of recognition because of his effort to end the apartheid regime. His first wife, Winnie greatly supported him in his fight for South African freedom and was in many times arrested for trying to cover up her husband and the activities of the ANC freedom fighters.
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