1. Mandela - Noun
2. Mandela - Proper noun
South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918)
Source: WordNetA couple of months later, in February 1990, he suddenly lifted the bans on the African National Congress (ANC) and the Communist Party of South Africa, released Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. Source: Internet
Africa South Africa Nelson Mandela * The release of African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela from jail in February 1990 after thirty years of imprisonment for opposing apartheid and white-minority rule in South Africa. Source: Internet
A file picture dated 13 February 1990 of Former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, giving the clenched fist salute as he stands with his wife Winnie Mandela during his 'Welcome Home Rally' in Soweto, South Africa. Source: Internet
"All these new cases coming out of the Nelson Mandela Bay district are either nurses, retired nurses or somehow related in the health industry. Source: Internet
Adjacent to the Pyramid is the lighthouse (1863) that houses the Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism office, as well as a 12 x 8 m South African Flag flying from a 65 m high flagpole. Source: Internet
After facilitator Julius Nyerere's death in October 1999, the regional leaders appointed Nelson Mandela as Facilitator of the Arusha peace process. Source: Internet