Early Life Nelson Mandela was born in Umtata, in the Transke territory of South Africa. His father was a chief of the Xhosa-speaking Tembu tribe. Mandela gave up his rights to succeed his father and instead prepared for a legal career. He attended the University College of Fort Hare, studied law by correspondence at Witwatersrand University, and received a law degree from the University of South Africa in 1942. That year in Soweto, he and a …showed first 75 words of 571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 571 total…that. His leadership abilities were positive because of the things he went through in order to help lead, and also how hard Mandela worked to accomplish them. Lastly, through it all, his leadership style was unique. Mandela lead the African National Congress in a great way, and risked a lot just for his people. All in all, Mandela's life in the past and now is a good representation of what a good leader should be.