The Biography: Nelson Mandela Madiba
Nelson Mandela Rolihlahla, born on July 18, 1918, into the Mandiba clan, a royal family, to Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Nkosi Mpahkanyiswa Gadla Mandela.
Mandela’s father died when he was a child and young Mandela became a ward of Jongintaba at the great place in Mqhekezweni. He attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher gave him the name Nelson, in accordance with the custom to give all school children “Christian” names.