Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/ man-DEH-lə; Xhosa: ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. More about Nelson Mandela
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A Xhosa, Mandela was born into the Thembu royal family in Mvezo, South Africa. He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg. There he became involved in anti-colonial and African nationalist politics, joining the ANC in 1943 and co-founding its Youth League in 1944. After the National Party's white-only government established apartheid, a system of racial segregation that privileged whites, Mandela and the ANC committed themselves to its overthrow. He was appointed president of the ANC's Transvaal branch, rising to prominence for his involvement in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the 1955 Congress of the People. He was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the 1956 Treason Trial. Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the banned South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant uMkhonto we Sizwe in 1961 and led a sabotage campaign against the government. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1962, and, following the Rivonia Trial, was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiring to overthrow the state.In total, we tracked 354 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Nelson Mandela (Nelson Mandela - Impressions of Africa - Hand of Africa - signed inc COA) was sold in June 2013 for £12499.00 while the cheapest item (Nelson Mandela 10 Rand South African Bank Bill Signed Rhino Jungle Green Hero SA) found a new owner for £0.01 in December 2015. The month with the most items sold (39) was December 2013 with an average selling price of £22.99 for an autographed item of Nelson Mandela. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2022 with £6747.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was March 2015. In average, an autographed item from Nelson Mandela is worth £70.99.
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2022 The Bar Pieces of the Past Pieces Relics Nelson Mandela Signed Flag Relic | £15.82 | ||
DESMOND TUTU The Rainbow People of God 1994 HC/DJ SIGNED 1st Ed. Nelson Mandela | £22.86 | ||
Francois PIENAAR Signed Autograph 12x8 Rugby Photo AFTAL COA with Nelson Mandela | £249.99 | ||
NELSON MANDELA & F W De KLERK & KOFI ANNAN SIGNED NOBEL POSTAL COVER UACC AFTAL | £449.99 | ||
Nelson Mandela signed Conversations With Myself hardback book 2010 autograph | £350.00 | ||
Nelson Mandela Signed Long Walk to Freedom w/ Life in Photographs,RSA Ballot | £1135.64 | ||
SIGNED Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela - Hardback 1994 1st Edition | £350.00 | ||
SOUTH AFRICA LADY IN WHITE MONUMENT FDC COVER SIGNED NELSON MANDELA LTD 1 OF 20 | £275.00 | ||
The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, 2018, Signed by Mandela's grandaughter +1 | £5.99 | ||
THE SPECIAL AKA 'NELSON MANDELA' 2-TONE Vinyl 7 (Jerry Dammers Signed Sleeve) | £4.20 |
St James Centre set for Nelson Mandela tribute (03/21/15): A STREET or square is to be named after Nelson Mandela in the new St James development as a permanent tribute in the Capital to the former South African president.
Site for permanent memorial to Nelson Mandela in Edinburgh revealed as St James (03/19/15): The site for permanent memorial to Nelson Mandela in Edinburgh has been revealed as the new £850 million St James development.
Nelson Mandela's former PA: 'I used to be racist' (03/17/15): Nelson Mandela's former personal assistant Zelda La Grange tells Radhika Sanghani what it was like being his 'backbone' and why she sacrificed her dreams of a family for him
South African ‘lifestyle resort’ endorsed by Nelson Mandela opens (03/11/15): Steyn City, mega-project north of Johannesburg, aims to offer dream lifestyle, but with Diepsloot settlement next door, some worry about a clash of rich and poor Graça Machel sank to her knees and patted earth around the base of a 2m-high bushwillow tree seeded by her late husband, Nelson Mandela, n
Children discuss Nelson Mandela in Amnesty International video (03/10/15): Amnesty International has released a heart-warming video called Human Rights Heroes Of The Future, which poses such questions to children ranging in age from five to nine.
South Africa: sites that defined Nelson Mandela (02/2015): Twenty-five years since Nelson Mandela's prison release, we reflect on the sites where visitors to South Africa can follow in his footsteps
Bill Cosby enlists Nelson Mandela in fight to save career (01/2015): The American comedian battered by a series of historical sexual assault allegations seeks the posthumous endorsement of Nelson Mandela
Strictly Come Dancing's Tess Daly: 'Nelson Mandela is my hero' (12/2014): Strictly host also says she is learning first aid for the sake of her children.
Annals Of Public Art: Whose Idea Was This Memorial To Nelson Mandela? (11/2014): Cape Town artist Michael Elion, commissioned to create a sculpture to honor Mandela for the city’s waterfront, came up with a giant pair of Ray-Bans. (At least they’re facing toward Robben Island, where he spent 18 years in prison.)
Idris Elba to release album inspired by Nelson Mandela (09/2014): Actor has enlisted the help of artists such as James Blake, Mumford & Sons, Mr Hudson and Nothembi Mkhwebane for album Mi Mandela Nelson Mandela on Idris Elba: Is that me? Actor Idris Elba is due to release an album of
Battle over Nelson Mandela's will as ex-wife Winnie demands home he left to thir (08/2014): Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is demanding ownership of her former husband's ancestral home in Qunu in the Eastern Cape, which she claims she bought in 1989.
South Africa: Naked Woman Caresses Nelson Mandela Statue in Public Square (07/2014): A woman has caught the attention of hundreds of South Africans after she stripped naked and caressed a statue of Nelson Mandela in Sandton, Johannesburg. The woman, whose identity is not known, walked to Nelson Mandela Square before taking off her clothes in front of an astonished crowd. Mandela, wh
Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel breaks silence on husband's death: 'He was m (06/2014): Graca Machel pledges to dedicate her life to pursuing shared dream of building a children's hospital, in first public words since Nelson Mandela's death
France: National Front Boycotts 'Terrorist' Nelson Mandela Street Naming (05/2014): France's far-right National Front (FN) party has boycotted a vote to dedicate a square in the southern city of Toulon to Nelson Mandela, saying the anti-apartheid icon was a "terrorist" in the past. After Mandela's death in December last year, Toulon's centre-right UMP mayor Hubert Falco sought to n
Nelson Mandela funeral: a gun salute, then still, silent calm, and it was over (04/2014): A week of mourning ends with military and moving tributes as the father of South African democracy is finally laid to rest To the pounding of a 21-gun salute from a graveside nestling in the lush valley below, Nokulzola Thetlani began her eulogy. Behind her, in the Nelson Mandela museum, hung a phot
Kent and Sussex Courier published Northiam writer reads at Nelson Mandela memori (03/2014): Article
Former Robben Island prison guard smuggled a baby into Nelson Mandela (02/2014): A former Robben Island prison guard has revealed that he once smuggled a baby into Nelson Mandela's cell - in a bleak, maximum security prison - so he could see his grandchild.
Australian Open 2014: Serena Williams eases past Daniela Hantuchova and admits N (01/2014): Serena Williams eased into the fourth round of the Australian Open and then revealed she has thought about ending her boycott of Indian Wells.
Nelson Mandela Fake Signer Thamsanqa Jantjie: I'm a Great Fake (12/2013): The man who grabbed global attention by signing nonsense at Nelson Mandela's memorial service has spoken out yet again about the incident. A diplomatic incident was risked when Jantjie, who has spent time in a psychiatric hospital, suffered a bout of mental illness while he was signing for world lea