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Nelson Mandela

Why I admire him?

Personally I admire Nelson Mandela because I believe he is an example for all human beings, he was able to forgive those who did him wrong, and he fought for equality and reconciliation, also demonstrating that everything is possible and that we can change the world if we propose that.

Who was?

He was a South African activist and politician who led the anti-apartheid movements and who, after a long struggle and 27 years in prison, was president of South Africa in 1994, the first government that put an end to the racist regime.

Contribution to humanity

An example for humanity

Nelson Mandela became a symbol of the struggle against apartheid inside and outside the country, in a legendary figure that represented the suffering and lack of freedom of all black South Africans.

Life events

His life takes a turn

The 1994 elections made Mandela the first black president of South Africa (1994-1999); From that position he set in motion a policy of national reconciliation, keeping De Klerk as vice president and trying to attract the Zaku majority Inkhata party to the democratic participation.

Changing the story

Finally, Frederik De Klerk, president of the Republic for the National Party, had to yield to the evidence and open the way to dismantle racial segregation. In February 1990 he legalized the African National Congress and freed Mandela, who became his main interlocutor to negotiate the dismantling of apartheid and the transition to a multiracial democracy; Despite the complexity of the process, both were able to successfully complete the negotiations. Mandela and De Klerk shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Paying unfairly

In 1944 he was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment. There he would spend 27 years of his life in precarious conditions; he was only allowed to receive a visit and a letter every six months.

Another woman in his life

At that time he met social worker Nomzano Winnie Madikizela, better known as Winnie Mandela, with whom he married in 1958.

Return

In 1955, after serving its sentences, it reappeared in public, promoting the approval of a Freedom Charter, which embodied the aspiration of a multiracial, egalitarian and democratic State, an agrarian reform and a social justice policy in the distribution of the wealth.

Preparing for the fight

The repression produced 8,000 arrests, including that of Mandela, who was confined in Johannesburg. There he established the first black law firm in South Africa.

Things get bad

In 1948 the National Party came to power in South Africa, which institutionalized racial segregation by creating the apartheid regime.

A born leader

In 1944, Mandela was one of the founding leaders of the Congress Youth League, which would eventually become the dominant group of the African National Congress; his ideology was an African socialism: nationalist, anti-racist and anti-imperialist.

Meeting new people

Poorly settled in the overpopulated suburb of Alexandra, shortly after arriving he met Walter Sisulu, with whom he established a friendship that would be decisive in all areas: it influenced his political ideas, helped him find work and finish his law studies and He introduced his cousin Evelyn Mase, with whom he would marry in 1944.

Change of course

In 1941 the Jongintaba chief had arranged a marriage for him, for that reason Mandela decided to leave his village and left for Johannesburg.

Studies

When he was sixteen years old, he became part of the tribal council; three years later, in 1937, he entered the boarding school for blacks of Ford Hare to pursue higher education.

Taste for justice

When he was nine years old, his father died, little Nelson was left in the care of his cousin, the great chief Jongintaba; with him who became fond of listening to the tribal chiefs and became aware of the sense of justice.

Chilhood

His childhood passed between games and in close contact with the traditions of his people. Son of the head of a tribe, he was named Rolihlahla, which means unruly, but at the age of seven, so that he could attend the Methodist school, he was baptized with the name of Nelson in the Transkei church.