nelson mandela. the basic information born :18 july 1918 in mvezo age 94 nationnality : south...
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Nelson Mandela
The basic informationBorn :18 July 1918 in
Mvezo
Age 94
Nationnality : South African
Spouses :
Evelyn Ntoko Mase (1944–1957)
Winnie Madikizela (1957–1996)
Graça Machel (1998–present)
He had 6 Children
Religion : methodist
He spent his childhood in a village of South Africa , next to the Mbashe river !
This village is famous because Mandela was born there . Its name is Mvezo !
He had a nickname in his village « Rolihlahla »
which means literally « to pull a branch of a
tree » or « the troublemaker ».
He is the son of a Mvezo cheaf ,
Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa !
His father became a farmer and Mandela a shepherd .
The Mandela's father died when Mandela was 9 years old
But his father was refused the right
to rule by the colonial autority.
His childhood
Mandela was adopted by the king of mqhekwezweni village because Mandela's father was his friend .
He quickly became the favorite of the king and of the people .He was respectful and obedient.
The rest
When he was 16, he became a man and his adoptive father sent Mandela to school !But the other students made fun of Mandela because he was a shepherd .
When he was 20, he was sent to a black university in south Africa.
THE BIG GEAR CHANGEMandela became the leader of a student group and he declared « war » on the administration because the quality of the school lunch was bad ! He was expelled….
Instead he went to Johanesbourg .
his adoptive father was irritated by
Mandela’s behaviour.
He ordered Mandela to return to the village, but he
couldn’t buy the train ticket
He found a job in a gold mine but Mandela discovered injustice and discrimination .
Next he found a second jobin a lawyer’s office ! He met Walter Sisulu who became his mentor !
A.N.C African National Congress
Walter Sisulu was the president of the
A.N.Cbut Mandela found
the A.N.C too resigned . Therefore
he created a younger branch of the A.N.C, a more
radical movement ! This was the first
political engagement of
Mandela !
The begining of a new life
Mandela's action He began boxing and he quickly turned professional ! Discrimination and
segregation became stronger
Therefore Mandela began a campaign to denounce this !
A lot of people came to Mandela to denouce
discrimination and
segregation.Mandela used Gandhi's method of no violence
Aparteid was a movement against black people ! This regime was responsable for racial segregation!
In Jail
He had the regimental number 466 64! The conditions in prison were very hard :Ten hours of work per day ! No heating !2 visit per year !The letters were censured !
Mandela was arrested because:
he left the teritory without autorisation !
called a strike !
Attempted of coup d'etatHe wanted to die !
He was sentenced to life
in prison! he was locked away in Roben
island jail which was surrounded
by sharks !
The most popular political prisoner
His liberationAfter 23 years of jail , the governement decided tonegociate with Mandela !
The young generation was obviously, a very important advantage for Mandela !
I think Nelson Mandela is an important historical character because he had a lot of qualities !
The End !
The end of his lifeHe was imprisoned for 27 years !
He gave a democratic constitution
to his country !
But he only had one
presidential mandate !He
avoided war between whites and blacks !
He began his first campaign of presidential electionwhen he was 76 years old !He got 66 % of the votes! He became president and gave his enemies government positions to keep them happy!
When he left jail he was already 71 years old !