What do you know about Nelson Mandela?
Answer:
- Nelson Mandela was a South African leader who was tried for treason by the White South African government.
- He and seven other leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964, for daring to oppose the apartheid regime in his country.
- He spent the next 28 years in Robben Island, South Africa’s most dreaded prison.
- He was released after 28 years from jail, and at midnight of the 26th of April 1994, South Africa got independence. He became the first President of independent South Africa.