Sisulu biography
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Walter Sisulu Biography
1912-2003
Political activist
Walter Sisulu was one of South Africa's most important leaders in its decades-long struggle to end apartheid.
Sisulu biography
A key figure in the African National Congress (ANC) of the 1940s, it was he who brought future South African president Nelson Mandela into the organization. Both Sisulu and Mandela were later imprisoned for 25 years by the South African government for their political activities.
Sisulu was released from jail in 1989, at the age of 77, and continued to play a vital role in shaping South Africa's emergence as a free, democratic nation until his death in 2003.
Grew Up in Tribal Area
Sisulu was born on May 18, 1912, in a village called Qutubeni in the Transkei reserve.
His mother was a Xhosa, one of the major tribes of South Africa, while his father was a local magistrate and of European background. The relationship between his parents, who never married, also produced a younger sister, Rosabella, but neither she nor