Mandela

MandelaNelson (Rolihlahla)1918MSouth AfricanPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Nelson ( Rolihlahla ). born 1918, Black South African statesman: president of South Africa (1994–99). Jailed in 1962 for 5 years and, in 1964, for life, he was released in 1990 after a long international campaign; deputy president of the African National Congress (1990–91) and president (1991–97); elected president of South Africa in 1994; Nobel peace prize jointly with F. W. de Klerk in 1993

Mandela(Numzano) Winnie1934FSouth AfricanPOLITICS: political activist ( Numzano ) Winnie . born 1934, Black South African political activist: campaigned for the release of her husband Nelson Mandela; they divorced in 1996