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BOY LEADER

Born Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela on July 18, 1918 (he was nicknamed "Nelson" by a teacher), Mandela worked in his parents' rural village of Qunu, South Africa, tilling fields and herding cattle with elders from the local Tembu tribe.

After his father died in 1930, the then-12-year-old was chosen as a future leader of the tribe because of his intelligence – life, however, had other plans.

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MAN OF ACTION

Mandela's activism started early; in 1940 he was expelled from the University of Fort Hare after organizing a strike to protest limitations placed on the student council. He headed to Johannesburg, where he earned a job at a legal firm, started working on his law degree and met and married his first wife, Evelyn Ntoko Mase, with whom he had four children.

A SECOND MARRIAGE

During his time in Johannesburg, Mandela met 20-year-old social worker Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela. "I cannot say for certain