Hi adsactly @sir...Mandela was born in an elite family of British emigrants in South Africa. He studied law at Fort Hare University and Witwatersrand University and started his career as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he joined anti-colonial activities and African nationalist politics and joined the African National Congress in 1943 and in 1944 he played an active role in establishing the youth league. He actively participated in the anti-racist movement as the leader of the armed organization Umkhanto Wei Sijaw. In 1962, he was arrested by South African racist government and sentenced to life imprisonment for various crimes including sabotage. Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. Most of the time he was on Robben Island. He was released on 11 February 1990. After that he took part in the peace talks with his White South African government for the party. As a result of this, racism ended in South Africa and democracy was established in 1994 with participation of people of all castes.

Mandela, considered to be a symbol of democracy and social justice, has received more than 250 prizes. Notable among them is the Bharat Ratna award in the year 1990, and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. [2] He also jointly earned the Shakharov Prize for his debut in 1988. In South Africa Mandela is known to his tribe as Madiba, which means "Father of the Nation".