Nelson
Rolihlahla
____________________
was
born
____________________
Transkei
,
South
Africa
____________________
July
18
,
1918
.
____________________
father
____________________
Hendry
Mphakanyiswa
of
the
Tembu
Tribe
.
Mandela
____________________
was
educated
____________________
University
College
of
Fort
Hare
and
the
University
____________________
Witwatersrand
where
he
studied
law
.
He
joined
the
African
National
Congress
____________________
1944
and
____________________
engaged
in
resistance
against
the
ruling
National
Party's
apartheid
policies
____________________
1948
.
He
went
____________________
trial
for
treason
____________________
1956
-
1961
and
was
acquitted
____________________
1961
.
