This is an ongoing project but it gives an indication of the wide variety of forms of recognition accorded to Nelson Mandela throughout the world. It shows too how this recognition steadily grew and how the calls for his release intensified during the years of his imprisonment. As new - and old - honours, awards etc. come to our attention they will be added to this list. Many others have never been granted 'official' recognition and thus may never become known.

1960s - 1970s

1964

Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London

1965

Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University of Leeds, Britain

1973

A nuclear particle discovered at the University of Leeds named the Mandela particle

1975

Honorary life membership of the Students' Union of the University of London

1979

Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru, 29 September

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