18,1918. Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, Mandela’s father, was a hereditary counsellor and chief to

the Thembu king, which made Mandela a member of the Thembu royal family. At age seven

Mandela was sent to a Methodist mission school, where his first teacher gave him his English

name Nelson. Two years later, his father died and Jongintaba Dalindyebo, Mandela’s uncle,

offered to be his guardian. During this time he assisted his uncle in official tasks and admired

Jongintaba’s leadership skills. In later years Mandela said that he based his leadership style on

what he learned from his uncle: to listen carefully to others before expressing his opinions and

working to achieve consensus. In 1939, after graduating from a Methodist secondary school, he

entered the University College of Fort Hare (the only institution of higher learning open to

Africans in the entire country). There he excelled academically, taking up boxing a cyber nd running,

and was elected onto the Student's Representative Council. During his second year he was

suspended from college for taking part in a student strike. Mandela returned

National Party came to power. This party pledged to protect the whites from the black African’s.

degree from the University of South Africa.

cousin, Justice Dalindyebo. The two had become very westernized in their thinking and refused

and by occasionally attending meetings in disguise. In late 1956, Mandela was among 156 others

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