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he was born in 1918 in the South Africa
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He finished high school studies, and school studies, and finally entered the university of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg
Where he graduated in 1942, as a lawyer -
IN 1943 he found the younth league and organized protest against the racial segregation know as apartheid
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In 1944 he married
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Nelson mandela was a South Africa activist and politician, who was convicted to life in prision in 1962 for trying to overthrow the apartheid goverment
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In 1990 the president Frederick de Klerk freed Nelson Mandela, at the age of 71 years old, they negotiated and repealed the apartheid
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He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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In 1994 he became the first black president in his country and served until 1999
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Nelson Mandela received many awards during his life, including the Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He fathered six children during his life. He passed away on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.
