![]() However, he was stripped of his position after alienating the colonial authorities and he moved his family to Qunu. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (1880-1928) was appointed chief of the village of Mvezo. One of the king's sons, named Mandela, became Nelson's grandfather and the source of his surname. Ngubengcuka (died 1830), the Inkosi Enkulu or King of the Thembu people, was his great-grandfather and was ultimately subjected to British colonial rule. ![]() He was born in the small village of Qunu in the Mthatha district, the capital of the Transkei. ![]() Nelson Mandela belonged to the Thembu Dynasty cadet branch which reigned (nominally) in the Transkeian Territories of the Cape Province Union of South Africa. He was a prominent anti-apartheid radical and leader of the African National Congress before his presidency, who spent 27 years in jail for his participation in the activities of clandestine armed resistance and sabotage.Ĭause of Death - Prolonged respiratory infection ![]() The first President of South Africa to be elected in entirely representative democratic elections was Nelson Mandela. ![]()
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