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Mandela belongs to a cadet branch of the Thembu dynasty which (nominally) reigns in the Transkeian Territories of the Union of South Africa's Cape Province. He was born in the small village of Mvezo in the district of Umtata, the Transkei capital. His great-grandfather was Ngubengcuka (died 1832), the Inkosi Enkhulu or King of the Thembu people, who were eventually subjected to British colonial rule. One of the king's sons, named Mandela, became Nelson's grandfather and the source of his surname. However, being only the Inkosi's child by a wife of the Ixhiba clan (the so-called "Left-Hand House"), the descendants of his branch of the royal family were not eligible to succeed to the Thembu throne. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (1880-1928), was nonetheless designated chief of the town of Mvezo. Upon alienating the colonial authorities, however, he was deprived of his position, and moved his family to Qunu. Gadla remained, however, a member of the Inkosi's Privy Council, and was instrumental in the ascension to the Thembu throne of Jongintaba Dalindyebo, who would later return this favour by informally adopting Mandela upon Gadla's death. Mandela's father had four wives, with whom he fathered a total of thirteen children (four boys and nine girls). Mandela was born to Gadla's third wife ('third' by a complex royal ranking system), Nosekeni Fanny, daughter of Nkedama of the Mpemvu Xhosa clan, the dynastic Right Hand House, in whose umzi or homestead Mandela spent much of his childhood. His given name Rolihlahla means "to pull a branch of a tree", or more colloquially, "troublemaker". sweetness! === ===

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He spent 18 of his 27 years imprisoned on Robben Island. Life at Robben Island was tough. Nelson Mandela was in D grade, which was the lowest grade as he was a politician. Being in D-grade he received very little. During the day the prisoners worked in limestone quarries. They didn't have dark glasses so most prisoners suffered from permanent eye damage. Even Mandela can't stand flash Photography. During his imprisonment he taught the half illiterate white guards (his captors). He considered the white guards victims of the system. In 1990 de Klerk (the president at the time) released him.

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In Nelson's adult life his occupations included boxing. He also went to college to be a lawyer. Nelson went to jail for TWENTY-SEVEN years.

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Nelson Mandela is very nice and kind and caring and funny and everything a genius should be as i have met him a few times myself

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Nelson Mandela was a generous and caring man , caring for others in need .

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it was hell and back because of it

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