Nelson mandela..67 days...day one

. We celebrate our hero and international Icon..Nelson mandela.....in the next 67 days i will bring you a daily insight in to the inspurational life of Madiba......todays biographic breifing is taken from ....wwww.biography.com.....please feel free to read and upvote and share and comment.. I will do the same

Nelson Mandela
Writer, President (non-U.S.), Civil Rights Activist (1918-2013)
Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Synopsis
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, Transkei, South Africa. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. In 1993, Mandela and South African President F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to dismantle the country's apartheid system. In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. In 2009, Mandela's birthday (July 18) was declared "Mandela Day" to promote global peace and celebrate the South African leader's legacy. Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013, at age 95.