Nelson Mandela, b on July 18, 1918, is the first black president of South Africa. He studied l after he entered university. In 1944 he f the ANC Youth League. Then in 1952 he set up a law o to help poor black people. Because of his fight a the government and anti-black laws, he was s to five years hard labour. Fighters from ANC began to b up buildings in 1963 and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on RobbenIsland. Twenty-seven years later, he was f by the white government. In 1993 he was m president of South Africa and the government by and for black people was finally set up.