Who is nelson mandela? write a few lines on him.

Nelson Mandela was a south african activist and a lawyer by profession. He stood up against, the apartheid laws in his country against the Africans. After serving 27 years in prison for his efforts to remove racial discrimination in his country, he was released because of an international campaign that forced the authorities to release him. After his release he went to the then President and asked him to conduct a multiracial elections. This is when he became the first black president of South Africa from his party ANP. He served from 1991 to 1997. He was also a philanthropist who did a lot of charity work.