Biography of Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, whose tribal clan name is "Madiba", was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo in a Cape Province. He died on December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg, graduated from the University, of South African nationality. He became a lawyer and became a South African statesman; He was one of the historical leaders of the struggle against the institutional political system of racial segregation (apartheid) before becoming President of the Republic of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, following the first non-segregational national elections of The history of the country
Mandela is known all over the world to be one of the first to fight against apartheid in force at that time. It is not possible for people with black skin outside the legal system to fight against apartheid Mandela organized a peaceful demonstration to defend the cause but after many demonstration madela realizes that this is not useful because the government does not change and launches violent repression against the protesters. Mandela is companion decie sabotaging military infrastructure, as a result of these sabotage mandela finds himself imprisoned and condemned to perpetuity. He finds himself in a very dilapidated prison he lives in deplorable conditions with little food, little water ...
Mandela was released on 11 February 1990
Has come out of prison mandela becomes the first black president of south africa and in 1993 it receives even the nobel prize of the peace for having struggled peacefully and having put an end to the apatheid.
We can say that Nelson Mandela is a hero even nowadays because he struggled using different means such as demonstrations or even sabotage. However, at that time, people with black skins did not have the right to fight, to express themselves, and they were not protected by laws. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison. He has sacrificed part of his life to help people with black skin to have rights and especially to become equal. Thanks to his sacrifices he succeeded in eliminating racial segregation and apartheid. Today, people with black skins have rights, just like people with white skins. So thanks to Nelson Mandela, people of black skins do not undergo discrimination as before,
Finally the struggle of mandela was also a success in other countries as in the United States with the elections of the first American president black Barrack obama
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