Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a civil rights activist born 1918 in a small village of the thembu kingdom. He was famous for demolishing apartheid in south africa.
In Mandela’s time, white south africans had taken over the villages he had stayed in, colonising the land and taking everything for them. He had also seen how unfair colored people were compared to the white population in his country. From the year 1948, successful laws in south africa were made for these people to be segregated, meaning seperated from each other. This was called apartheid.
Nelson knew he had to make a change for his country. With his plan to change the law and give rights to his people, Mandela reached out and spoke about ending apartheid. During this process he was taken to prison many times when then in 1964 he was sent to prison for life. Nelson delievered an amazing speech in the courtroom about how he dreamed of a society where his people would be freed and how he wished for everyone to have equal opportunities. While Mandela was in prison, many south african people continued to protest about ending apartheid. Nelson had spent 27 years in prison, and at the age of 71 he was given his freedom.
The effect of Nelson's protest had taken a massive impact on the rest of south africa after he had been taken out of prison. Alot of people had taken notice of apartheid and protested about it for weeks. In 1994 Mandela had been elected as the first black president for his country and ended apartheid once and for all.
Overall this without Mandela, South Africa wouldn’t be where it is today.
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