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Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in the village of Mvezo, located in Umtata district of Transkei, South Africa. Nelson’s father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a Mvezo chief, and while Mandela descended from the local Thembu tribe’s royal family, he was not part of the line that put him in succession for the […]