Nelson+Mendela-+Fatima+Fears

Nelson Mendela was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942 He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour In 1963 fellow leaders of the ANC and the Umkhonto we Sizwe were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the government by violence accepted as the most significant black leader in South Africa and became a potent symbol of resistance as the anti-apartheid movement gathered strength.
 * born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918.
 * went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961.
 * June 12, 1964 Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. From 1964 to 1982, he was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison, off Cape Town after he was at Pollsmoor Prison, nearby on the mainland.