Remembering Greatness: Happy Birthday

Remembering Greatness: Happy Birthday, Madiba
Music: Stevie Wonder " I Just Called To Say I Love You"
In 1985, Stevie Wonder won the Oscar for his song "I Just Called To Say I Love You" and dedicated it to Nelson Mandela.




Remembering "Madiba“
Nelson Mandela raises a clenched fist to supporters in
Mmabatho, South Africa, upon his arrival for his first election
rally, March 15, 1994.
The anti-apartheid fighter who spent 27 years as a political
prisoner before becoming his nation's first democratic leader -
and first black president - died at home in Johannesburg on
Thursday, December 5, 2013. He was 95.
South African President Jacob Zuma announced Mandela's
death in an address to the nation, saying, "We've lost our
greatest son."

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of
the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of
Mvezo. While studying law as a young man, he became involved
in the movement against racial discrimination, forging key
relationships with black and white activists and in 1944 he
joined the African National Congress (ANC) and helped
establish its youth league, the ANCYL. Mandela’s commitment
to activism intensified after the 1948 introduction of the
apartheid.

1957
Nelson Mandela and his second wife, Winnie, at their wedding in 1957. This copy was taken from the family album; the original was by Alf Khumalo.

1961
A 1961 photo of Nelson Mandela, then 42 years old. The son of a minor chieftain, Mandela took his degree in law at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and embarked on a
career as political activist.

Visit to London: Nelson Mandela visited the capital of the UK in 1962 to visit Oliver Tambo - a fellow anti-apartheid activist - visible in the background is the Big Ben clocktower and the
Houses of Parliament

1964
Eight men - among them anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress member Nelson Mandela - leave the Palace of Justice in Pretoria on June 16, 1964 with their fists raised
in defiance through the barred windows of the prison car, after being sentenced to life imprisonment. The eight men were accused of conspiracy, sabotage and treason.

1988
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, standing with her
grandson Ntsika, addresses a 70th birthday
commemoration for the jailed anti-apartheid leader
Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg July 18, 1988.

1990
A young man holds up a newspaper announcing that the
African National Congress is "unbanned," February 2,
1990, during a demonstration of anti-Apartheid marchers
in Cape Town demanding the release of all political
prisoners in South Africa.

1990
South African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela, center, and his then-wife, Winnie, raise their fists on Feb. 11, 1990, in Paarl, South Africa, to salute cheering crowd
upon Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison.

African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela waves after he and U.S. President George Bush made remarks on the South Lawn of the White House June 25, 1990 - the support of
the US public was key in securing his release

In this June 15, 1990 file photo, Pope John Paul II shakes hands with Nelson Mandela, deputy leader of African National Congress, during a private audience at the Vatican

South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (R) shaking hands with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the steps of No 10
Downing Street in July 1990

1991
Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrive at a
rally marking the end of the African National
Congress' first national congress inside South
Africa on July 7, 1991.

1991
Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrive at a rally marking the end of the African National Congress' first national congress inside South Africa on July 7, 1991.

The future president along with Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson of Sweden in 1990.

1992
Zinzi Mandela, left, and her father, South African National Congress President Nelson Mandela, smile on Oct. 26, 1992, in Soweto, South Africa, after Zinzi married businessman Zweli
Hlongwane

1993
African National Congress President Nelson Mandela greets supporters behind the fence in a mining town of Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 25, 1993. Mandela
toured the area as part of his campaign for the April 27, 1994, election.

1993
Nelson Mandela, president of South African African National Congress, center, and South African President Frederik de Klerk, right, display their Nobel Prizes on Dec. 9, 1993, in Oslo,

Norway, after being awarded jointly for their work to end apartheid peacefully. De Klerk shared a Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela for their efforts in securing a peaceful transition from
apartheid rule.

1994
South Africa's President Nelson Mandela, left, stands at attention as the national anthem is played during his inauguration at the Union Building in Pretoria on May 10, 1994. Pictured
on his left is his daughter Zinani.

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and President Nelson Mandela during the British monarch's state visit to South Africa in 1995, a year after Mandela took office in 1994