Mandela

American  

[man-del-uh] / mænˈdɛl ə /

noun

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

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Mandela British  

/ 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

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Mandela

It was just Jamieson's second DP World Tour triumph, with his last success coming in 2012 at the Nelson Mandela Championship.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

In one of his relatively rare major public appearances, Harry also delivered the keynote address at an informal meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York in 2022, marking Nelson Mandela International Day.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

When Kani first met Fugard, several leading opponents of apartheid including Nelson Mandela had just been convicted and imprisoned on Robben Island, and hope for liberation was running dry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

In San Francisco, Anthropic fans wielded brightly colored sidewalk chalk to ornament the pavement outside of the company’s office with messages of thanks, laudatories such as “You are patriots” and references to Nelson Mandela.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

Barack had met him six years earlier, as a senator, when Mandela had visited Washington.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama