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Nelson Mandela once stated "When people want to get a herd to move in a certain direction stand at the back with a stick, then a few of the more energetic cattle move to the front, and the rest of the cattle follow" (Mandela 54). Mandela chooses not to lead from the front but to lead from behind. Mandela suggest leaders should all lead from the back of the group because all great leaders can lead from anywhere especially the back. The apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa…

Nelson Mandela was an amazing South African. He fought slavery, white settlers and even jail to install black rights for his people. Nelson Mandela made it fair for many blacks and inspired many people like Martin Luther King Jr. to fight for black rights. Jail didn't scare this amazing man for after he got out of jail he continued to try to make it equal. Nelson Mandela affected many black peoples lives taking the stand that he took and that is what makes Nelson Mandela such an amazing South…

Nelson Mandela was one of the most influential people in our world's history. He was born in 1918 in the village of Mvezo in the British protectorate of Transkei in South Africa. He grew up in the village with his father as the chief. Nelson attended a school in the protectorate and was taught by a teacher who gave him the name, Nelson, after previously having the name Rolihlahla. He was one of a small number of black men in the country to have received a high school education. Mandela attended…

Sixty years ago, if you saw me and my family in public, there is a great chance you would not recognize us as being a family. My dad, my mom, and my three oldest siblings are Caucasian Americans. My sister, my foster-brother, and I are all Black South Africans. I even have a brother-in-law who is Taiwanese and Paraguayan. There is a good chance that sixty years ago my family would not be out in public together. There is a good chance we would not exist. However, if we did exist as a family,…

good example of how it is important to not forget the past, but South Africa is a different society or at least it is trying to be. I had a discussion with a few of my classmates and somebody suggested that the Rhodes statue should not have been taken down, but a plaque placed on the statue. I thought that was an interesting comment and I am still wondering what happened to the statue that was taken down. I believe I read on the Mail and Guardian how there was another Cecil Rhodes statue near a…

Lorenzo’s Odone, a young intelligent boy who lived in Comoro Island. Comoro Island is a volcanic island situated off the south east coast of Africa. Lorenzo’s family stayed there because of his dad Augusto Odone’s job. Lorenzo had many friends there including his best friend Omouri. Lorenzo, his mother Michaela and his dad Augusto moved back to the United States. Michela and Lorenzo’s teachers started seeing strange things Lorenzo would do. Lorenzo would through fits and get angry out of nowhere…

The events of Malouf’s novel Ransom and Eastwood’s film Invictus are both driven by the optimism and courage of their protagonists, respectively Priam the vanquished king of Troy, and Nelson Mandela the triumphant first black President of South Africa. As leaders of peoples harbouring profound historical animosities, it is in large part their sense of hope enables them to transcend division to inspire change. This is manifest within the characters, their relationships to other people (both…

The 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand was a very significant event to New Zealand. It still affects New Zealand society today. One of the biggest impacts it had on New Zealand was that not only did the tour bring about awareness to the discrimination happening under apartheid in South Africa, but it made us rethink about our own race relations. It increased awareness of how Maori people were being treated here in New Zealand. Some people related the struggles endured by black South Africans…

Joseph Stalin was an avid reader, published poetry in the local newspapers and even received a scholarship to attend a school of theology. Theoretically he is a perfect fit to be a leader, however he turned out to be a barbarous tyrant and is viewed as the worst leader in history. This proves that a person needs more than intelligence to be an effective leader. There are some undeniable concepts a leader needs to advocate for in order to be successful ; they are fairness, liberty, and unity. The…

Nelson Mandela was freed in 1990 after 27 years in prison and negotiated the end of apartheid in South Africa, bringing peace to a racially divided country and leading the fight for human rights around the world. Mandela helped bring an end to apartheid and gave inspiration to those affected by racial inequality. He studied law at the University of Witwatersrand, where he became involved in a movement against racial discrimination and forged key relationships with black and white activists. He…