"Free Nelson Mandela" is song a by Special A.K.A. released on the single Nelson Mandela / Break Down The Door in 1984 as a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela. The song reached the top-ten on rock-music charts in England, and was immensely popular in Africa. The Specials were an English 2 Tone band formed in 1977 in Coventry. ... Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela OM, CC, AC, QC (IPA ) (born 18 July 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
In 1998 it was was featured on the album Sun City released by Bruce Springsteen and Miles Davis. A Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute remake released in 1998 featured Elvis Costello, Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger and Lynval Golding on backing vocals. Bruce Frederick Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century. ... A concert event held on June 11, 1988 at the Wembley Stadium, London. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... Dave Wakeling is a rock singer and guitarist from Birmingham who was in such bands as The Beat (UK), General Public and General Public LTD. http://www. ... Ranking Roger (b. ...
Mandela was born to the Thembu Xhosa family in the small village of Mvezo in the Mthatha district, capital of the Transkei.
Mandela's father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, was a counsel to the Thembu king (a position he was groomed for from his birth and which Mandela was also destined to inherit).
Mandela was born to Gadla's third wife ('third' by a complex Xhosa social hierarchy), Nosekeni Fanny in whose kraal Mandela spent much of his childhood.
NelsonMandela was born on 18 July 1918, at Mvezo, a tiny village on the banks of the Mbashe River in the district of Umtata, South Africa.
Mandela did not like being treated as a normal prisoner, when he considered himself a political prisoner, so he and the other political prisoners (most of these were his friends from before) kept their dignity.
Mandela and ten of his friends were charged with 'complicity in over two hundred acts of sabotage aimed at facilitating violent revolution and an armed invasion of the country', and with being part of a plot to overthrow the government.
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