Who received a Nobel Peace Prize for dismantling apartheid in South Africa?

The correct answer is Nelson Mandela.

Key Points

• Nelson Mandela
  • His autobiography is Long Walk to Freedom.
  • Nelson Mandela, in full Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, by name Madiba.
  • He won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993.
  • Mandela is also known for being the first black president of South Africa, serving from 1994 to 1999.
  • He created the Nelson Mandela Foundation, focusing its work towards c
  • Mandela used the country's love for rugby as a way to unite blacks and whites in the racially divided country.
  • Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated on 18 July every year to remember the contributions of Mandela to the culture of peace, human rights, reconciliation and freedom.

Additional Information

• The Nobel Prize in Literature is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction".
• Though individual works are sometimes cited as being particularly noteworthy, the award is based on an author's body of work as a whole.