Nelson Mandela

Fun Facts about Nelson:

• Affectionately known by his Xhosa name Madiba, he was an icon for social justice and South African anti-apartheid revolutionary.

• He was the first black president of South Africa and the first president to be elected in a fully representative election.

• Jailed on Robben Island for 27 years, when he was finally free, he rallied for peace.

• He has honorary degrees from more than 50 universities worldwide.

• Nobel Peace Prize winner and Father of the Rainbow Nation, he said “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”