Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95 of complications from a recurring lung infection.
The anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was a beloved figure around the world, a symbol of reconciliation from a country with a brutal history of racism.
Mandela was released from prison in 1990 after nearly 30 years for plotting to overthrow South Africa's apartheid government. In 1994, in a historic election, he became the nation's first black leader. Mandela stepped down in 1999 after a single term and retired from political and public life. (Yahoo News)
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| In 1961, Mandela founded Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the ANC and was named its leader. In 1963, he was brought to stand trial along with many fellow members of Umkhonto we Sizwe for conspiring against the government and plotting to overthrow it by the use of violence. |
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| Nelson Mandela, center, with family members left to right Zaziwe Manaway, Ziphokazi Manaway, Zamaswazi Dlamini and Zamak Obiri at Mandela's hometown in Qunu, South Africa, Sunday July 17, 2011. Center back is Mandela';s daughter Princess Zenani Dlamini. |
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In 1964, eight of the accused, including Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment.
His statement from the dock at the opening of the defense trial became extremely popular. He closed his statement with: "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." |
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| Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), adopts a boxing pose, wearing shorts, t-shirt and boxing gloves, circa 1950. |
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| ANC leader Nelson Mandela casts his vote at Ohlange High School hall in Inanda, 10 miles (15 kilometers) north of Durban, Wednesday, April 27, 1994 for South Africa's first all-race elections. |
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| This April 27, 1994 aerial file photo shows long lines of people queuing outside the polling station in the black township of Soweto, in the southwest suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa. Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela which has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites only, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in Bloemfontein Sunday Jan 8 2012.The majority of South Africa's 22 million voters were voting in the nation's first all-race elections. |
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A qualified lawyer from the University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand, Mandela's political career started in 1944 when he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and participated in the resistance against the then government¹s apartheid policy in 1948.
Pictured:The three ANC Youth Leaders, Nelson Mandela, centre, Walter Sisulu, left, and Harrison Motlana, pictured in 1952 during the Defiance Campaign trial at the Johannesburg Supreme Court, South Africa. The Defiance Campaign encouraged blacks to defy apartheid laws. |
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| South African President Nelson Mandela, left, shows the way to Princess Diana, during in Cape Town, Monday, March 17 1997. |
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| In this photo provided by the Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, US First Lady Michelle Obama, left, with former South African President Nelson Mandela, at this home, in Houghton, South Africa. First lady Michelle Obama and her family met with Nelson Mandela during a private visit at the former South African president's home. Mrs. Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, and her mother, Marian Robinson, were viewing some of Mandela's personal papers at his foundation Tuesday when according to White House officials, he sent word that he wanted to meet them. It was Mrs. Obama's first meeting with the prisoner-turned-president. |
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| Former US President, Bill Clinton, right, meets with former South African President Nelson Mandela at his home in Qunu, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2012 on the eve of Mandela's 94th birthday. |
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| A rare photograph of Nelson Mandela's cell on Robben Island in 1977. |
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| Winnie Mandela raises her fist in a black power salute after announcing that a massive pop concert will be held to mark the 70th birthday of her husband, jailed black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela on July 17, 1988. |
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| In 1958, Mandela walked down the aisle with Winnie Madikizela, who stood by his side and actively campaigned to free him from prison. But the couple, who had two children, split up in 1992 on the grounds of her adultery. |
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| Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in apartheid jails as the world's most important political prisoner, walked free from Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town, on February 11, 1990. Mandela is accompanied by his former wife Winnie, moments after his release from prison in this February 11, 1990 file photo. |
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| South African President F.W. de Klerk (R) and then-African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela (L) hold up medals and certificates after they were jointly awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony December 10, 1993 at Oslo's city hall. |
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| President Nelson Mandela and his now wife Graca Machel share a laugh aboard the QE2 cruise liner in this file photo taken March 1998. |
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| Former South African President Nelson Mandela (L) raises the hand of the new President, Thabo Mbeki after he took the oath of office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria June 16, 1999. South Africans and foreigners of all colours gathered on Wednesday morning to bid farewell to Mandela and welcome his sucessor Mbeki as South Africa's second democratically elected President. |
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| ANC leader Nelson Mandela takes the oath of office before Chief Justice Michael Corbett at the Union Building May 10, 1994. Mandela became the first black president of South Africa. |
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