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    Apartheid Research Paper

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    Apartheid Essay Apartheid was the laws that separated different races in South Africa. Apartheid started in 1948 and ended in 1991. During Apartheid, the whites didn’t treat the blacks as equals. Harsh living conditions, awful events, and determined people contributed to the end of Apartheid in South Africa. The living conditions for the blacks were very different compared to the whites. One example of an unfair living condition was the government (2). It was an all white government because…

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    South africa is a nation that is going through poverty and hunger. South Africa is slightly less than the size of texas. The population is 48,601,098 which makes it the twenty eighth largest in the world. the terrain is a vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and a narrow coastal plain. their climate is mostly semiarid, subtropical along east coast, sunny days, and cool nights. there are three major rivers they are, the orange, vaal, and limpopo rivers. The only major lake is the Fundudzi…

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    Nelson Mandela

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    Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, on the eastern coast of South Africa, on 18 July 1918. In 1930, when he was only 12 years old, his father died, leaving him to depend on his mother. Mandela was brought up listening to the elders’ stories of his ancestor’s bravery during times of war, sparking a fire in him to contribute to the freedom struggle of his people. Nelson Mandela would go to on boycott his university, because of its treatment of colored people. He would eventually be…

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    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in 18th July 1918 in Mvezo village in the republic of South Africa. His father named him Rolihlahla meaning “pulling the branches of a tree”. Nelson Mandela’s father was called Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, a chief by custom and blood appointed to the post by the king of Thembu tribe. Nelson Mandela’s father had four wives and Nelson Mandela’s mother being the third wife. After the death of his father, Nelson Mandela was enrolled into a school at an age of nine to…

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    racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party, the governing party from 1948 to 1994 in South Africa. The apartheid was one of the most famous acts of civil disobedience in the world. Mandela fought for South Africa with all his power to do what's…

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    their skin color. The non white South Africans do know what it is like to live in fear everyday because of their skin color. Nelson Mandela did not like what the whites of south africa were doing to the colored part of south africa so he decided to try and stop it.To do that he became involved with politics, became a part of the ANC, and went to prison for trying to stand up for what he believed in. The ANC helped him become president and he did a lot as president. Nelson mandela did a lot to…

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    forty-six years during the Apartheid in South Africa, Africans were treated with disrespect and treated inhumanely. 21,000 South Africans lost their lives. A man devoted to his country once said,“The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.” - Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela showed us that sometimes just one person standing up for freedom can change the world. When the all white National Party gained power in South Africa in 1948 they instantly began…

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    A great leader is a person who makes a change for the better of the people they are leading. Nelson Mandela led the people of South Africa away from the discriminatory apartheid government. Nelson Mandela went from a prisoner to the president of South Africa, and he created a change. Nelson Mandela lived in South Africa his entire life. “Rolihlahla Mandela was born deep in the black homeland of Transkei on July 18, 1918.” (Brink). His first name Nelson was added later by one of his school…

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    Nelson Mandela: Voice of Human Rights Every morning when a black person wakes up in South Africa they count their blessings. Over the course of several decades blacks gained freedom and rights their ancestors could only have dreamed of. One man, Nelson Mandela, changed the lives of millions of people throughout South Africa. His visions have inspired many countries throughout the world to create a more equal way of life for all people. Biographical Information Nelson Mandela, or know in the…

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    There are many people in the world who are very influential.Nelson Mandela,a black president has ended apartheid in south Africa.This person impacts the world in positive ways by sticking up for his beliefs, his character,and his accomplishments in life.whoever fought for racial equality is Nelson mandela.Nelson Mandela is influential because of his ability to give homeless people homes,and help out all of the adults and children who didn't go to school.But if you want to survive apartheid,you…

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