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    On 5 December 2013, Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's...
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  • This is a list of dignitaries at the state funeral of Nelson Mandela on Sunday, 15 December 2013, at Mandela's rural home village of Qunu in the Eastern...
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    Zoleka Zobuhle Mandela (9 April 1980 – 25 September 2023) was Nelson Mandela's granddaughter and a writer and activist in South Africa. She wrote about...
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  • of dignitaries at the state memorial service of Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa. Mandela died on 5 December 2013. Many heads of state...
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    Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro. Che Guevara Mausoleum Death and state funeral of Hugo Chávez Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela Death...
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    activist and the second wife of Nelson Mandela. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2003, and from 2009 until her death, and was a deputy...
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    Nelson Mandela Square is a shopping centre in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. It includes a large open area built to resemble a traditional European...
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    This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Nelson Mandela. Mandela received more than 260 awards over 40 years...
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    presidency of Nelson Mandela began on 10 May 1994, when Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, leader of uMkhonto we Sizwe, lawyer, and former political...
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    African president Nelson Mandela said, "To watch him play was to watch the delight of a child combined with the extraordinary grace of a man in full." US...
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  • Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, named after Nelson Mandela is a children's hospital constructed since 2014 and opened...
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    Broz Tito, the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II and the 2013 funeral of Nelson Mandela. Guests included the French President Charles de Gaulle, the Canadian...
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    United States and its territories and possessions" lowered to half staff for 30 days after his death. The state funeral of George H. W. Bush was the official...
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    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/ man-DEH-lə; Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African...
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  • in Vietnam and the Philippines. November 21: The Euromaidan uprising begins in Ukraine. December 5: Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela. The French...
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    Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung Death and state funeral of...
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    Mandela National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Uganda. It is named after the former South African President and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela...
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  • 2013. "Historical images at General Vo Nguyen Giap's funeral". October 16, 2014. "Nelson Mandela memorial service draws thousands to rain-soaked Soweto...
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  • The Mandela family is a South African political dynasty and chiefly family. Its most prominent member was Nelson Mandela, who served as President of South...
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  • I Am Prepared to Die (category Works by Nelson Mandela)
    "I Am Prepared to Die" was a three-hour speech given by Nelson Mandela on 20 April 1964 from the dock at the Rivonia Trial. The speech is so titled because...
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  • 1997. African heads of states attended the funeral. Nelson Mandela, the South African then-president, did not attend the funeral despite the fact that...
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  • Evelyn Rakeepile, was the first wife of the South African anti-apartheid activist and the future president Nelson Mandela, to whom she was married from 1944...
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  • Winnie Mandela, then-wife of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela, and who herself had endured torture and four imprisonments to a total of two years, stated, "With...
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    Ahmed Kathrada (category 2017 deaths)
    as Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. He was one of 156 accused in the four-year Treason Trial which lasted from 1956 to 1960. Eventually, all of the...
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    Dion's first five albums, and Nelson Angélil after former South African president Nelson Mandela. Angélil and Dion were huge fans of the Montreal Canadiens...
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    death-of-nelson-mandela Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL] "Barbados' Representation at Nelson Mandela's State Service"....
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    Kaiser Matanzima (category 2003 deaths)
    Matanzima and a nephew of Nelson Mandela, Mathanzima spent part of his childhood at the homestead of Chief Falo Mgudlwa, a repository of Thembu history and lore...
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    Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan, the deposed King Constantine II of Greece, and South Africa president Nelson Mandela. The Archbishop of Canterbury...
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  • Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela Death and state funeral of...
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    Oliver Tambo (category 1993 deaths)
    former high school in Johannesburg to teach science and mathematics. In 1944, along with Nelson Mandela, and Walter Sisulu, Tambo founded the ANC Youth League...
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