Question

which type of sentence is this? nobel peace prize winner nelson mandela campaigned for social equality in south africa and later became the countrys first democratically elected black president. simple compound complex compound-complex

Explanation:

A simple sentence has one independent clause (a complete thought with a subject and predicate). The given sentence has a single subject ("Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela") and two predicates linked by "and" that form one complete independent clause, no dependent clauses or multiple independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions/semicolons.

Answer:

simple