A Tribute to Nelson Mandela
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[Untitled Photo of Nelson Mandela]. Retrieved December 12, 2013, from: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/16/young-mandela-david-smith
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” – Nelson Mandela.
the ANC Youth League. In 1952, Mandela became the National Volunteer-in-Chief of the Defiance Campaign. For 20 years, Nelson Mandela directed a campaign of nonviolent defiance against the South African government because of its racist policies. Mandela once stated, “I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its
manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days.” Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and in the year 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected President. He was also South Africa’s first ever black president.
Nelson Mandela was considered by the world to be a hero. He was a man who risked his life for his strong beliefs of racial equality and peace, and his life-long efforts made our world a better place. He believed so deeply in racial equality that he was willing to spend 27 years in imprisonment for standing up for what he believed in. Mandela once said, “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” Throughout his years, Mandela fought for equality. He serves as an inspiration to not only the oppressed, but to all people who are against oppression in this world. In 1999, Nelson Mandela stepped down after one term as president of South Africa, yet he continued to work with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.
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