Nelson Mandela was a man who  stood up against apartheid.

This was a time when black people were not treated as well as white people.

Nelson Mandela was South Africa’s first black president after spending 27 years in jail and is held up as one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen.

Sometimes the demonstrations turned violent and in 1964 Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island.

By Danayi