Essay On Nelson Mandela

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Living and experiencing segregation in a community, being humiliated and treated as an infectious disease that will contaminate its surroundings and eventually the whole world. Being mistreated only for physical appearance, but never seen for their truly personality and characteristic. This is exactly what Ralihlahla Mandela ( know most as Nelson Mandela), had to face and encounter for almost all of his life. Nelson Mandela’s appearance as a heroic icon came from social and political conflicts that involucrated the discrimination and inequality towards black Africans. His specific actions and contributions made him a character with leadership, which then opponents and his community recognize him as a truly human being and became his famous …show more content…

During Mandela’s early life, he had seen with his own eyes the conflict of a system which had injustice. Europeans were people of wealth and power and sustained the total control of the country, while the immense population of Africans were their servants. As a child, he had the commitment that one day he would change this injustice and to become a respected leader. His necessity to learn politics and get educated, led him to be the first member to attend school and a university[from the website of “Nelson Mandela’s foundation”]. From this, he would discover a social group that will began his legacy as a heroic character. As a nineteen year old, Mandela learned of the existence of the African National Congress (ANC), which main purpose was to defend black African rights as human beings and fighting against discriminatory laws and actions of the government through non violent action.[from the website “Mandela’s greatest liberator?”]. This was tremendously a shift towards his life, and he now had considered his main purpose in life. In his conscience, he knew he would be part of this group and that he would be fighting for not only his rights, but of the community. His relevance on politics, led him to be part of the “youth league” which was consider a preparation of the ANC [from the website “ Mandela’s the greatest …show more content…

This make the government thought that Nelson was a threat and an immense danger to the society, therefore they though his sentence was fair. Mandelas speeches and contributions as a politician suddenly became known nationwide because Mandela was risking his life and prisoning himself for the purpose to make others rebell and act against injustices. Since around the world people knew of the existence of segregation in south Africa-which was one of the few countries to still support this type of system- the nation oppose trade and international sanctions with South africa. This also cost the country the banned osf assisting the olympic games on 1964 [ from the website “ the legacy of Mandela”]. IN the 80’s, Nelson became a recognizable and admirable character who became an inspirator to several political groups and communities across the world. The nation soon became interested in mandelas case and set up a performance which indicated and celebrated the 70th birthday of mandela, causing more people to know of his struggle. The criticism and opposition to nelson’s sentenced invaded the party member of south Africa. The government was determined not to released him, but the disturbance around their surroundings and global pression make them released Mandela 2 years after the performance [ from the book “ along walk to freedom”]. His

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