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pg. 2
Nelson Mandela was born in thatched hut in the village of the Mvezo, on the Mbashe River -
pg. 12
When Nelson was almost twelve years old his father Gadla Henry arrived to Qunu ill with a lung disease. One day he asked his wife to bring his pipe, that day Nelson Mandela watched his father smoke his last pipe and breathed his last breath. -
pg. 29
Nelson was admitted to the Clarkebury Boarding Institution the best and largest school in the Thembu territory. -
pg. 43
When Nelson Mandela was twenty one he arrived to the University Collage of fort hare. This school offered the best higher education available in South Africa and only very few sect African students were admitted to Fort Hare -
pg. 53
During Nelson’s second year at Fort Hare , he became involved in students politics. He ran for a position on the Student Representative Council, which was elected by the entire student body. -
pg. 58
Mandela and his foster brother, Justice, flew to Johannesburg to avoid their arranged marriages. He began to work as a law clerk at Witkin, Sildelsky & Eidelman -
pg. 96
Nelson Mandela and Evelyn Mase were married at the Native Commissioner’s Court, when he was 26 and she was 26. Evelyn was a South African nurse. -
pg. 103
At the begging of 1947, Nelson Mandela decided to leave Lazar Sildesky’s law firm in order to study law full time. Mandela felt a law degree was the credential he needed in order to become a political leader. -
pg. 121
Defiance Campaign begins. Officers arrested twenty one of its Johannesburg leaders including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, convicted for "statutory communism". -
pg. 144
Nelson Mandela first saw Winnie in a bus stop in Soweto, and it was like love at first sight. A short time later, he divorced his first wife Evelyn and married Winnie. -
pg. 185
Mandela's mom Nosekeni Fanny died of a heart attack and Nelson Mandela didn't make it to her funeral. -
pg. 209
Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black president of South Africa. -
pg. 217
On his eightieth birthday, Nelson Mandela married for the third time. His new wife Graca Machel was steady and compassionate woman. -
pg. 220
Nelson Mandela's son Makgatho died in 2005, of complications from AIDS. -
pg. 221
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, died at home in Johannesburg at the age of 95. In his last few days Nelson was in frail health. He struggle with hearing loss and he walked with a cane. In June 2013 he was hospitalized in a critical condition for a lung infection.
