Nelson Mandela was descended from Thembu royalty, and in the tiny village of Mvezo, where he was born, hundreds from his tribe made the pilgrimage Thursday to the family complex set in r Skip to ...

He was raised in Qunu, South Africa, as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe. The Thembu people traditionally reside in the eastern part of South Africa. 4. Mandela’s father, Nkosi ...

Nelson Mandela, whose successful ... He was a member of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe. He was baptized in the United Methodist Church and given the name Nelson by a teacher. His father, ...

Nelson Mandela, who emerged from ... s Transkei region, now the Eastern Cape. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, a nobleman and chief in the small Thembu tribe, named him Rolihlahla.

Born in 1918, he was part of the Thembu tribe’s royal family in the South African village of Mvezo. When his father died in 1927, Mandela was destined to become royal leadership for the tribe.

Nelson Mandela obituary part two: stirring up trouble. Son of a chief of the Thembu clan of the Xhosa people, young Rolihlahla Mandela attends a local Methodist mission school.

Nelson Mandela, who was jailed for 27 years by a white-minority government as a terrorist and walked free as a septuagenarian to lead South Africa to its first multiracial democracy, dies at 95.

Nelson Mandela was born a century ago and died in 2013. He never owned a smartphone. He never typed a word on a laptop. ... He was raised by the king of the Thembu tribe.

Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark and daughter of anti-apartheid icons Nelson and Winnie Mandela, has died at the age of 59.

We Are Family Foundation, the nonprofit founded by musician and producer Nile Rodgers, will honor hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo and, posthumously, Nelson ...

Nelson Mandela's grandson and political heir has been embroiled in a love triangle scandal ... Mandla Mandela is a chief in the important Thembu tribe and handles much of Nelson Mandela's legacy.