where was nelson mandela born

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in the village of Mvezo, which is located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. He was born into the Madiba clan, part of the Thembu royal family of the Xhosa people. His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela, was a local chief and advisor to the Thembu king