Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

• Born July 18, 1918
• Leader and activist.
• By Isabel R.

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Early Life

• Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South
  Africa. He was born into a Thembu Xhosha family
  and in the village of Qunu. His father was the
  Chief of Tembu but died when Mandela turned 10.
• When he turned seven he became the first in his
  family to attend school where his teacher named
  him Nelson. When he was sixteen, he attended
  Wesleyan College but was suspended at the end of
  the year for protesting against school policies.

This picture shows the area where Mandela was
born.
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Struggles and Hardships

• On August 5, 1962, Mandela was imprisoned for
  organizing sabotage against military, government,
  and civilians to try and end apartheid. He was
  there for 27 years.
• Throughout his life he was denied political,
  social and economical rights because of the
  apartheid. Apartheid, meaning separateness in
  Afrikaans, was a form of government like
  segregation.

Here is an example of one of the injustices the
apartheid caused blacks couldnt even be on the
same side of the beach as whites.
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Major Accomplishments and Contributions To the
World

• Since retiring from being the first
  democratically elected president of South Africa,
  he has helped draw attention to the epidemic of
  AIDS/HIV within his country, once again helping
  his people.
• He helped destroy the racial segregation and
  injustices in his country. That is important
  because then everyone could live equality no
  matter their race, similar to Martin Luther King
  Jr. did for the United States.

A poster for Mandelas campaign.
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His Characteristics

• Mandela has shown compassion hes shown concern
  to his country and people by taking action to
  provide them with a better society to be part of.
• He has shown leadership he was a major leader to
  bring equality to all his people in his country
  and many people believe that without him, what
  they have achieved would not have happened.
• He has shown tolerance he helped end the racial
  barriers that burdened his country of South
  Africa.

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What Mandela Has Taught Us

• I believe that Mandela has taught us that if you
  stick to what is right, even when you are and
  inch away from giving up, always persist forward
  because it can bring you to great places.