Short biography of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela :

1)Biography :

Nelson Mandela was born the 18 july 1918 in the South Africa Union. He is known for be a politician in command of the figth against the apartheid, wath leads him first at the pacific figth against the oppression. And, following the massacre of pacifist marcher for the black law to Shaperville in 1960, when the African National Congress to which belongs Nelson Mandela was forbidden, he will lead a underground fight, and the arms, which will lead him to serve a 27 years sentence... But still popular, he will be elected on April 27, 1994 to the presidency of his country only a few years after his release from prison. He then becomes the first black president of South Africa, for a single presidential term, until 1999. Its entire existence will be centered around the figth againt racial segregation. For it, he won the Nobel Peace Prize 1993. Towards the end of his life, he will no longer participate in political life but will turn to charity associations. Nelson Mandela will die on December 5, 2013, at the age of 95.

2)A symbol :

« Forgiveness frees the soul, it makes fear disappear.This is why forgiveness is such a powerful weapon.»

Nelson Mandela was considered a symbol of peace and forgiveness by his generation, but will also be for future generations, he changed the politics of his native country in favor of black peop, and forgive the white supremasist who locked him up for 27 and we oppress him and his people for several decades. He considered himself like Ubuntu (therm from a South African language which idealizes the concepts of humanity and brotherhood). This term, moreover, was used by the latter and by Desmond Tutu to represent an ideal of society.

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