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| File-This Nov. 17, 2001 file photo shows former South African President Nelson Mandela smiling prior to receiving an honorary degree during a ceremony at Ryerson University in Toronto. The former South African president, who spent much of 2013 in and out of the hospital, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at age 95. (AP Photo) |
The anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela who died on Friday began his anti-segregation principal early in life even before joining politics. This would one time earn him an expulsion from the University of Fort Hare.
Here are major events in the life of Nelson Mandela.