Nelson Mandela Turning points

When his father died, Mandela and was groomed for becoming chief of his local tribe

In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.

In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League.

However in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate.

However by 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Rubén Island prison.

However on 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999.

In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with F.W. De Klerk.