He graduated as a lawyer in 1942 after 24 years at the University of Witwatersrand. In 1943 he founded the Youth League and joined the ANC. In 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment and was imprisoned in Robben island, off Cape town, where he spent 17 years in precarious conditions. After leaving prison, February 11, 1990 he was elected president of the African National Congress. In 1993 he got the Nobel Peace Prize for work on reconciliation between
He graduated as a lawyer in 1942 after 24 years at the University of Witwatersrand. In 1943 he founded the Youth League and joined the ANC. In 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment and was imprisoned in Robben island, off Cape town, where he spent 17 years in precarious conditions. After leaving prison, February 11, 1990 he was elected president of the African National Congress. In 1993 he got the Nobel Peace Prize for work on reconciliation between
He graduated as a lawyer in 1942 after 24 years at the University of Witwatersrand. In 1943 he founded the Youth League and joined the ANC. In 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment and was imprisoned in Robben island, off Cape town, where he spent 17 years in precarious conditions. After leaving prison, February 11, 1990 he was elected president of the African National Congress. In 1993 he got the Nobel Peace Prize for work on reconciliation between
Known as Madiba , I graduated as a lawyer in 1942 after 24 years at the University of
Witwatersrand.
In 1943 , I founded the Youth League , I organized protest demonstrations against the system of racial segregation ( apartheid ) in 1944 and joined the African National Congress (ANC ) , a movement of struggle against the oppression of black South Africans .
In 1964 I was sentenced to life imprisonment and was imprisoned in Robben Island, off Cape Town, where I spent 17 years in precarious conditions, as well as two other prisons , where was another 10 years, making a total sentence of 27 years .
After leaving prison, February 11, 1990 , I was elected president of the African National Congress and headed for negotiations without civil war, a multi-racial democracy in South Africa.
In 1993 , I got the Nobel Peace Prize for work on reconciliation between blacks and whites in South Africa, but received more than 250 international awards for four decades.
The May 10, 1994 was elected the first black president of South Africa to victory in the first free elections (April 27 ) after the end of apartheid.