Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela's memory board
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The man who was to become one of the world's greatest icons was born in Mvezo, Transkei (Eastern Cape) on 18 July 1918, to Nongaphi Nosekeni and Henry Gadla Mandela. His father was the key counsellor/advisor to the Thembu royal house. After his father's death in 1927, the young Rolihlahla became the ward of Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, the acting regent of the Thembu nation. It was at the Thembu ... more
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