Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla(orig. Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela)

South African black civil rights leader, anti-apartheid dissident, and politician

imprisoned 1962-1990 for anti-apartheid activism

president of African National Congress 1990-1997 (ANC)

president of South Africa 1994-1999 (1st black president, 1st generally elected president)

Nobel Prize in Peace 1993

• "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
• "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
• "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."