Premise: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( [ mænˈdɛlə ] 18 July 1918 -- 5 December 2013 ) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary , politician , and philanthropist , who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999 . Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist , he served as President of the African National Congress ( ANC ) party from 1991 to 1997 . He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Witwatersrand before working as a lawyer in Johannesburg . Internationally , he acted as mediator in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial and served as Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999 . The Xhosa people ( [ langˈkɔːsə ] or [ ˈkoʊsə ] [ kǁʰɔ́ːsa ] ) are a Bantu ethnic group of Southern Africa mainly found in the Eastern Cape , South Africa , and in the last two centuries throughout the southern and central-southern parts of the country .
Hypothesis: Nelson Mandela is a person.
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