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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 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.

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.

16. Mandela had three sisters, three half-brothers and six half-sisters. 17. He was raised in Qunu, South Africa as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe.

Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against South Africa's apartheid ... South Africa as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe. 18. Mandela enjoyed many sports growing up.