Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a South African politician who fought against apartheid in the 20th century. (PROSE: Secret of the Black Planet)

Biography

Imprisoned by the South African authorities (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, for Monsters on the Streets of London) for 27 years, (PROSE: The Also People) Mandela was finally released in 1990. During his time in prison, Mandela was He was falsely believed by many people to have died in the 1980s, when in reality he passed away in 2013. (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London)

The phenomenon of significant numbers of people misremembering a significant event became known as the Mandela Effect. (PROSE: The Mandela Effect, Or Monsters on the Streets of London)

When the Transvaal failed to be annexed into the British Empire in 1877, the Fifth Doctor wondered how the alteration to history would affect Mandela. (PROSE: White Man's Burden)

There was a Forrester family legend that they were related to Mandela, but this was untrue. (PROSE: Heritage)

By the 28th century, the IT corporation Panafrica had rewritten history to portray Mandela as the founder of apartheid. (PROSE: Secret of the Black Planet)

Bernice Summerfield once had a dream where she was debating whether humans were evil with a Cyberman, a Dalek, a Sontaran, and Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart; Grinx the Sontaran brought up Nelson Mandela's imprisonment as an example of humanity's freedom of choice allowing for conflicting moralities. (PROSE: The Also People)

Mandela was played by David Harewood in the 2009 BBC telefilm Mrs. Mandela.