7. Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, a politician, and a philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was also the country’s first black president, as well the first to be elected in true democratic election. Initially committed to non-violent protest, in 1961, he led a sabotage campaign against the apartheid government. In 1962, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prision following the Rivonia Trial. He served 27 years in prison.
After his father’s death, Mandela’s mother took him to the “Great Place” palace, where his care was entrusted under the guardianship of Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, according to Wikipedia. Not seeing his mother again for many years, Mandela said that Jongintaba and his wife Noengland treated him as their child, raising him alongside their own son and daughter, Justice and Nomafu, according to Wikipedia.
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