What matters in life is not the mere fact that we lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others.
This reputable quote was made by one of the most inspirational man in history. An outstanding figure of the 20th century who fought for a moral cause he believed in, with the burning desire to improve the lives of others. He was a human that changed the world and inspired many through his life, struggles, words and deeds. He was a man who worked his talk, an action man and a symbolic leader.
MEET NELSON MANDELA, South Africa's first black president and a lasting icon of dogged humanity.
MEET NELSON MANDELA : The great World leader who sent apartheid to the gallows and made a lasting contribution towards creating a better world for all.
For those who came about the things he was so passionate about, he will be remembered for his struggles for freedom, equality, truth, love, peace and justice. Fonder memories of him would be, for his inspiration of hope and life, for his entire journey of inspiration to humanity.
Mandiba, as he was popularly called, laid firm foundations upon which current and future generations of South Africans, would remain eternally grateful for.
He is considered the father of a democratic South Africa, who is widely admired for his ability to bring together a nation previously torn apart by apartheid, which was an affront to the most basic levels of human decency. And though he paid a bitter personal price, he came through it unbroken in mind, in spirit, and in compassion. He has inspired others by his various achievements, and also by his attitude and values. Without the changes he made, South Africans would have been living in a restricting and caged world.
WHO WAS NELSON MANDIBA MANDELA?
A SHORT BIO :
- He was born in 1918, into the Xhosa-speaking Thembu people, in a small village in the eastern Cape of South Africa.
- At 25, he enrolled for a law degree at the mainly white Witswaterand University. While there, he met people from all races and backgrounds. He was exposed to liberal, radical and Africanist thought, as well as racism and discrimination. These fuelled his passion for politics.
- He qualified as a lawyer in 1952.
- Mr Mandela was charged with high treason in 1956, but the charges were dropped after a-four-year trial.
- He was eventually arrested and charged with sabotage and attempting to overthrow the government of South Africa.
- In 1964, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, for protesting against apartheid.
- He was incarcerated for 27 years
- During his time in prison, Mandela became the best known black leader who was symbolic of the struggle against the apartheid regime.
- In 1990, he was released from prison.
- He won resounding electoral victory in 1994, the first fully democratic election in the country's history.
- As president of South Africa, he sought to heal the rift of the past.
- Nelson Mandiba Mandela died on the 5th of December, 2013, after a long illness. He was 95.
HE LEFT A 'FOREVER' LEGACY AND TOOK HIS ETERNAL PLACE IN HISTORY !
His fight against 'racial inequality' spurred countless organizations to protect the legal rights of everyone, regardless of colour or class. He left a legacy of an authentic soul. That is what the world needs from us. To serve others by giving the best and most beautiful part of us, today and everyday.
Barrack Obama had this to say of Mandela at his memorial, 
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....it falls to us as best as we can, to carry forward the example that he set. He no longer belongs to us; he belongs to the ages.
You too can create a legacy that will belong to the ages, you can touch lives IN many little and meaningful ways. Give it a second thought and let this post rock you to the core. Give posterity a reason to tell your story in 'GOLD LETTERS'
This is to Nelson Mandiba Mandela, a fist in triumph for the life that was lived and the World that he changed, and even now, his voice continues to speak :
“ Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life.”
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Indeed, he was a man who paid the price, so South Africa could be free from apartheid, a man of great purpose and courage. His life is really a life of self-less service to humanity.
Wow,this is beautiful,Nelson Mandela is a man that made so much impact in his time and was such a motivational factor to us,his scale if contribution was enormous,he is the greatest leader Africa has ever produced ,rip madiba,your legacy lives on .
This iconic leader is synonymous with freedom. Like you rightly said, he sent apartheid to the gallows, his struggles for the emancipation of his people has earned him a place in history, a struggle which he carried out with all doggedness, the cost notwithstanding. Thank you steem-untalented for this inspirational piece.
nelson mandela.... change the world