Nelson Mandela was
born in Transkei,( 特兰斯凯 ) South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was a Chief (酋长)of a tribe． Mandela has strong character even from he was a child and he advocates national hero vuey much．As the oldest son in his family, Mandela was appointed as the successor of the tribe,but he refused that ．He said he would never adominate a tribe,which was under oppressed,with a cheif identify ．He wanted to throw himself into the career of the national liberation．
He joined the African National Congress （非洲人国民大会 简称ANC）in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party‘s apartheid policies （种族隔离 政策）after 1948.
Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand （威特沃特斯兰德大学） and qualified in law in 1942.