MEMORIES PRESENTATION

Mr Nelson Mandela

Emanuele Bianchi Classe 3^B

BIOGRAPHY

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa and died on December 5th 2013, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON WHAT HE DID

Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congrass (ANC): he believed that black South Africans should have the same rights as white people.

INVICTUS

Invictus is a film who speak about the President Mandela and the south africa rugby team.

In this film Mandela accomplishes an impossible mission: he bring a weak and unmotivated rugby team to win the World Chempionship of Rugby, without the All Blacks, an invincible army. this film speak also about the disparieties from white to black and of how a rugby team (until then considered a symbol of apartheid) can reconcile a nation.

MY OPINION

I believe that Mandela was a really beautiful person that made his country a better place.

I think that what the African government did to Mandela was unfair and the fact that he was able to put aside his feelings and ideals to help his country, thing that not everyone knows how to do, makes him a great man. I also think it's right that, for his courage and wisdom, he is honored and respected by everyone.

THE PRISON

Why he went there and how it was:

Mandela began with a non-violence approach, but after he started to doubt that it will work, so he planned to bomb certain buildings, without hurt anyone. Because of it, he was classified as a terrorist by the South African government and arrested in 1956 and again in 1962. This time Mandela was sent to a terrible prison on Robben Island to do 18 years of hard labour.His sentence to prison brought international visibility and people from all the world supported the “Free Nelson Mandela” movement: there was a boycott of South African products and entertainers and sports teams refused to go there.

After the prison:in 1990 he was finally released through international pressure: President F.W. De Klerk freed Mandela from prison. Once released, Nelson continued his campaign to end Apartheid: Mandela and De Klerk agreed that South Africans had to work together in peace. They both won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

What did Mandela do

why he was so important:

Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought against Apartheid, a system where non-white citizens were segregated from whites and did not have equal rights. He spent a good portion of his life in prison for his protests (27 years), but became a symbol for his people. Later he would become the first black president of South Africa.

QUOTES

I think these phrases are very powerful if you want to inspire the people of your country like Mandela did, because it encourages all the people to never give up on their dreams.

Where did he grow up

who he was:

Nelson was a member of the Thimbu royalty and his father was the chief of his city.He attended school and college at the College of Fort Hare, then he studied law at the Witwatersrand University.

MY OPINION

A good film:

This film has got a lot of good review and I think that it a really beautifull film too.This masterpiece allowed me to understand better how the life is in South Africa and the condition of Mandela's people. This film also encouraged me to always give my best in what I do. I want to congratulate the director Clint Eastwood for the creation of this film.

1994: an important year for South Africa

1994 was important cause black Africans voted in an election for the first time. The ANC won and Nelson Mandela became president. There were several times during the process where violence threatened to break out, but Nelson was a strong force in keeping the calm and preventing a civil war. He refused to bend on his principles in order to be released and stated that he would die for his ideals. He wanted all people of all races to have equal rights in South Africa and for this he was an inspiration to millions of people, for his courage and wisdom too.