His father, a chief of the Thembo people, died when Mandela was 12 and He WAS ADOPTED BY THE ACTING KING OF THE THEMBO PEOPLE. He was the first of his family to attend school. He went to a Wesleyan mission school, the Clarkebury Boarding Institute and Healdtown Wesleyan College.
pted by the acting king of the Thembo people. He was the first of his family to attend school. He went to a Wesleyan mission school, the Clarkebury Boarding Institute and Healdtown Wesleyan College.
