Max Pine Class May 2010 Nelson Mandela was born in July 18 1918. Life was easy when he was young beacuse his father was the chief of the village the that nelson lived in but life got harder as he got older. then he had to go to school. one day nelsons father died. that is also when nelson had to walk to another school. he also had to to leave his family to go to another school. when nelson was sixteen he became a man!!!!!! nelson had to do a tribal DAnce.