Mandela

[man-del-uh]

noun

1. Nelson (Rolihlahla) Madiba, 1918–2013, South African Black antiapartheid activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.

Mandela

/ mænˈdɛlə /

noun

1. 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

2. ( Numzano ) Winnie . born 1934, Black South African political activist: campaigned for the release of her husband Nelson Mandela; they divorced in 1996

Example Sentences

They accused him of being divisive — when years ago Nelson Mandela said when you talk to someone “in his own language, that goes to his heart.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mthethwa was a high-ranking member of the African National Congress, the party that brought in democratic rule in 1994 with Nelson Mandela as South Africa's first black president.

From BBC

She can trace the change of heart back to 2003, when she performed at 46664, an Aids benefit concert organised in South Africa by Nelson Mandela.

From BBC

Cronje also forged a close personal relationship with president Nelson Mandela.

From BBC

Police carried some of the protesters away and led others into police vans - with the last protester being removed from the Nelson Mandela statue just after 14:30 BST.

From BBC