was a chief in the tribe, and the family was considered royalty. He died from lung disease when Nelson was 12 years old. 5. Mandela was then raised by a Thembu leader, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo ...

One episode focuses on Nelson Mandela, the South African leader who ... Though his family were Thembu aristocrats, his parents lived in a simple hut with no electricity or running water.

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart" Nelson Mandela led the struggle to replace the apartheid ...