# Nelson Mandela (@nelson-mandela)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918–2013) was a South African anti-apartheid leader, political prisoner, negotiator, and the country's first democratically elected president. His public life joined resistance to racial rule with a negotiated transition to constitutional democracy.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Nelson Mandela's public record._

## Topics

- [Negotiating a Democratic Transition](/@nelson-mandela/negotiating-democratic-transition.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Presidency and Reconciliation](/@nelson-mandela/presidency-and-reconciliation.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Resistance and Imprisonment](/@nelson-mandela/resistance-and-imprisonment.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nelsonmandela.org/biography
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1993/mandela/biographical/
- blog: https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/presidents/nelson-rolihlahla-mandela

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "nelson-mandela", "question": "…"}`.