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Title: Mandela


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Mandelas Garden
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Question for Thinking
  • How much do you know about Nelson Mandela?

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Introduction to Mandela
  • About Mandelas Career
  • About Mandelas Family

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About Mandelas Career
  • Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South
    Africa on July 25th,1918. His father was Chief
    Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe.

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About Mandelas Career
  • Mandela himself was educated at University
    College of Fort Hare and the University of
    Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942.

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About Mandelas Career
  • He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in
    1944 and was engaged in resistance against the
    ruling National Party's apartheid policies after
    1948.
  • He went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was
    acquitted in 1961.

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About Mandelas Career
  • In 1960, ANC was banned by the government, so
    Mandela began the underground activities. In
    1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC were
    arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with
    them for plotting to overthrow the government by
    violence.

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About Mandelas Career
  • On June 12, 1964, eight of the accused, including
    Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment.
    From 1964 to 1982, he was incarcerated at Robben
    Island Prison, off Cape Town.

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About Mandelas Career
  • During his years in prison, Nelson Mandela was
    widely accepted as the most significant black
    leader in South Africa. He consistently refused
    to compromise his political position to obtain
    his freedom.

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About Mandelas Career
  • Nelson Mandela was released on February 18, 1990.
    After his release, he plunged himself
    wholeheartedly into his life's work, striving to
    attain the goals he and others had set out almost
    four decades earlier.

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  • In 1993 , Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace
    Prize.

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  • Excerpt from the Nobel Peace Prize acceptance
    speech
  • "We stand here today as nothing more than a
    representative of the millions of our people who
    dared to rise up against a social system whose
    very essence is war, violence, racism,
    oppression, repression and the impoverishment of
    an entire people."

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  • In 1994, he was elected President of South
    Africa, the first black president of SA.

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About Mandelas Career
  • After Mandelas expiration in 1999, he announced
    his retirement from the political stage. But he
    has always been trying his efforts to realize the
    race equality and his countrys prosperity.

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  • Nelson Mandela speaks to the media during the
    launch of a worldwide music-led campaign to raise
    awareness of the impact of AIDS in Africa, at a
    London hotel, Tuesday Oct. 21, 2003.

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  • Mandela's old prison number '46664' has been
    chosen for people to ring to join a global
    petition, via local call-in numbers, on which
    they can hear songs written by contributing
    artists with all proceeds going to Aids
    charities.

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About Mandelas Family
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Now You Discuss
  • What do you think is his greatest contribution to
    his country and whole human being?
  • What personality do you find about Mandela from
    the text?

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Mandelas Contribution
  • There is consensus in South Africa that without
    Mandelas personal commitment to reconciliation,
    his moral authority, integrity, and intense
    compassion, the countrys transition to democracy
    might not have gone as smoothly.

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Mandelas Contribution
  • He brought about a peaceful transition from white
    to black rule.
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