Tuesday 2 April 2019

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela


Nelson Mandela is famous for fighting for anti apartheid and segregation.
He lived in South Africa. He was in jail on Robben Island for 27 years.


What is Apartheid And Segregation And Why Is
Nelson Mandela Against It?


Nelson Mandela is famous for fighting against apartheid and segregation.
He did not like apartheid because it was really unfair to the race that was
forced to do different thing to the other people. Apartheid is when different
black people have different things to use than white people. For example white
children were allowed to go to any school but black children had to go to a
specific school. I think that this is really unfair because people should have
the same chance in life.


Where was Nelson Mandela Born And Raised?


Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo in Umtata on the 18
of July 1918.  
His father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa was a chief. His mother Noqaphi
Nosekeni was the third of Mphakanyiswa wives. They had nine daughters and
fours son’s. Nelson Mandela went to school at a local missionary school.
A teacher named him Nelson as a practice of giving South African children
English names. In 1939 Nelson Mandela attended the elite university of
Fort Hare which was the only university at the time to take in South African blacks.


Why Was Nelson Mandela In Prison?


Nelson Mandela was arrested and put in Robben Island Prison, Pollsmoor
Prison and Victor Verster Island Prison throughout his 27 years in prison.
He was in prison because he boycotted against He helped to start the Artists
Against Apartheid in the UK to campaign and help enforce the cultural boycott.
While Nelson Mandela was in prison he still fought against apartheid and segregation
and he secretly joined a banned south African communists group called

S.A.C.P. Pollsmoor Prison is located in a cape town suburb of a place called
Tokai in South Africa.


A Recap On Nelson Mandela


Nelson Mandela is someone people look up to. He helped the world start
to solve apartheid and segregation. His childhood was ok because he was
born in a royal family. I think that it is sad that he was sent to prison
because he could have done so much more to help people in those 27
years. Nelson Mandela started of as quite an agressive protester but
when he came out of jail he decided to be a peaceful protester.

We think that Nelson Mandela was an amazing person and that what he did was right. We are anti apartheid as well.

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