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The body of former and first black president of South Africa Nelson Mandela was brought to his ancestral home in Qunu in Eastern Cape Province on Saturday where it will be buried on Sunday. [Not invited to
Nelson Mandela's funeral, says Archbishop Desmond Tutu] Thousands cheered the funeral procession as it moved from Mthatha to Qunu.
The police had a tough time to keep the crowd off the path of the convoy that carried the coffin draped with the national flag of South Africa.
The 95-year-old Nelson Mandela died on December 5 in Johannesburg On December 12, leaders from across the world gathered at the Soccer City Stadium here for Mandela's memorials. A brief history of Nelson Mandela: 1918 - Born in Transkei, South Africa 1944 - Joined the African National Congress 1956 - Charged with treason, acquitted later 1962 - Convicted of sabotage and sent to 5 years of imprisonment 1964 - Sentenced to life imprisonmnt for plotting against the government 1990 - Released from prison 1991 - Became president of the ANC 1993 - Won Nobel Peace Prize 1994 - Became president of South Africa 1999 - Decided against seeking a second term as the president 2004 - Retired from public life 2007 - Formed The Elders group 2011 - Briefly hospitalised for chest infection 2012 - Hospitalised for gallstones 2013 - Suffered from ecurring lung infection, died on December 5
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