How did Nelson Mandela ideas and actions have a significant impact on people's lives?
The South African activist and former president Nelson Mandela(1918-2013)
helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights.
Fighting till the end inspired others to fight as well,including his second wife,
who took up political activism after marrying him.
A member of the African National Congress party beginning in the 1940s, he was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. His actions landed him in prison for nearly three decades and made him the face of the anti apartheid movement both within his country and internationally. Released in 1990, he participated in the eradication of apartheid and in 1994 became the first black president of South Africa, forming a multi-ethnic government to oversee the country’s transition. after retiring from politics in 1999, he remained a devoted champion for peace and social justice in his own nation and around the world until his death in 2013 at the age of 95
Media houses around the world have not stopped churning out about mandalas life.Latest headlines indicate that close to 100 heads of state have attended his memorial service,along with hundreds of other international icons from different spheres of influence.It is rare,the sort of international attention that the death of this one man is receiving but there is good reason for it.
helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights.
Fighting till the end inspired others to fight as well,including his second wife,
who took up political activism after marrying him.
A member of the African National Congress party beginning in the 1940s, he was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. His actions landed him in prison for nearly three decades and made him the face of the anti apartheid movement both within his country and internationally. Released in 1990, he participated in the eradication of apartheid and in 1994 became the first black president of South Africa, forming a multi-ethnic government to oversee the country’s transition. after retiring from politics in 1999, he remained a devoted champion for peace and social justice in his own nation and around the world until his death in 2013 at the age of 95
Media houses around the world have not stopped churning out about mandalas life.Latest headlines indicate that close to 100 heads of state have attended his memorial service,along with hundreds of other international icons from different spheres of influence.It is rare,the sort of international attention that the death of this one man is receiving but there is good reason for it.