The following few pages look into the political life and career of the unforgettable leader, who became inspiration to every living soul on the planet. Nelson R. Mandela, the South African President had the unparalleled traits of a string leader, patriot and administrator, which will be covered in brief in the following sections in this study.
Nelson R. Mandela: South Africa’s first black Representative
Born in July 1918 in a small village of Mvezo in South African Cape Province, Nelson Mandela spent his early childhood days under the British rule. In his autobiography about his days spent in the prison, Mandela wrote, “"No one in my family had ever attended school [...] On the first day of school my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name. This was the custom among Africans in those
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He chose privy counselling as the ideal stream to make his dream come true. In 1936, he started his secondary education in Engcobo’s Clarkebury Institute, the biggest institution for black people in Africa which was western styled. The following year in 1937, he moved to Methodist College in Healdstown where he became the prefect.
However, the steepest incline in Mandela’s educational career took formation during his Bachelor of Arts studies in University of Fort Hare, where he studied English, Politics, Native Administration and Roman Dutch Law. Until this moment, he avoided any involvement with African National Congress (ANC), a group that was extremely active in anti-British movements. During his first year of graduation, he faced a temporary setback when he got suspended for supporting Students Representative Council (SRC) boycott against quality of food (Abdool Karim). However, this brief punishment had a grave impression on the young mind of Mandela and he left without receiving the