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Mandela
[ man-del-uh ]
noun
- Nel·son (Ro·lih·lah·la) [nel, -s, uh, n raw-lee-, lah, -l, uh], Madiba, 1918–2013, South African Black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.
Mandela
/ æˈɛə /
noun
- 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
Example Sentences
"It is an unadulterated lie because it tries to besmirch the very DNA of a new South Africa that was born under the leadership of someone like Nelson Mandela," he told the BBC World Service.
Freeman’s fifth Oscar nomination was for his performance as Nelson Mandela in the 2009 film.
The two countries have generally had friendly relations since the end of white-minority rule in 1994 when anti-apartheid icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela was elected South Africa's first black president.
He also teamed up with Nelson Mandela to found The Elders, a group of global leaders who committed themselves to work on peace and human rights.
With Nelson Mandela, he founded The Elders, a group of global leaders who committed themselves to work on peace and human rights.
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