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| Nelson Mandela .. Caricature by Paulo José Barbosa Pinto - Portugal |
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013)was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, he was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully democratic election, His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation.