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Turning points in Nelson Mandela's life
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Turning points in Nelson Mandela's life. In this question on Nelson Mandela I will be explaining to you what I feel are the most important turning points in his life. The Death of Nelson Mandela's father had a huge impact in the young mans life. If his father hadn't have died, Nelson Mandela would never have been adopted by the chief of Thembuland. He was educated at a British missionary boarding school and at Fort Hare University, from which he was expelled in 1940 for leading a strike with Oliver Tambo. He returned home, but ran away to Soweto in Transvaal province, giving up his hereditary chieftainship to avoid an arranged marriage. He eventually obtained a law degree from the University of South Africa. Helped by Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up South Africa's first black law firm in 1944. The law firm was set up only for black people....
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