Nelson Mandela: En frihedskæmper

Nelson Mandela was born on 18 July and died 5 December 2013. He was a South African politician and activist. He was the first black President of his country and his government focused on throwing out the legacy of apartheid by ending racism, poverty, inequality and to bring up racial understanding in South Africa.

I have chosen Nelson Mandela because I think he is a good example of a freedom fighter. He was grown up in Mvezo in South Africa in a big family. He was the first member of his family to go to school. I think that his anti-apartheid has brought more freedom in the world, because racism has always had a big influence in the world and in different nations. The government started killing and hurting protesters, when Nelson Mandela wanted to free South Africa without violence. He started Umkhonto we Sizwe, who was a guerrilla movement. A trial was held which later became known as the Rivonia Trial. Nelson Mandela was on trial because he was involved in sabotage and violence in 1962. He got lifetime in prison. In 1990 he was released after 26,5 years in prison. He left the prison after Frederik Willem de Klerk removed a ban on the African National Congress. He ordered Mandela’s release. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Because I think he was a freedom fighter, was because he has helped to bring peace to the world. Poverty, Racism and inequality were three of the biggest problems we’ve had in the world. Today we help such as poverty in Africa by supporting them with money, clothes etc. I therefore believe that Nelson Mandela’s explanations have helped the world to think of poverty, racism and inequality, and about all the freedom we could get without that.