Umkhonto we Sizwe

fight against apartheid government after a long struggle on the streets and in prison. According to cbs news,”There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain top of our desires”(Mandela,2004).This shows that such activists never gave up or give in on his dream no matter how hard the brick was. This has impacted thousands of lives around the world that it reminds people that there’s…

Nelson Mandela, Activist, prisoner, president, the face of equality. Nelson Mandela is an inspirational man to millions of people and most people don’t know everything about him. Mandela has won more than two hundred and sixty awards, more than any one in history, ranging from the Nobel Peace Prize to Philadelphia Liberty award, presented to him from former United States president Bill Clinton. His struggle anti-apartheid has led him to write many novels, but what most people don’t know is that…

In 1955, before the subsequent ban on the ANC by the National Party Government, the ANC put forth the Freedom Charter as the framework for an equal, deracialized South Africa. The key attributes of the Freedom Charter was the union of all races; White, Black, colored, Indian and Asian and popular governance as a key factor in post-Apartheid society. The all-encompassing nature of the freedom charter resonated with the disadvantaged racial categories within South Africa, and provided assurance to…

As a result of the apartheid, many people rebelled against the government. Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela were two such activists. Nelson Mandela was born to a royal family, but was the first in his family to receive a proper education (“Nelson Mandela” np). Soon after the passing of the apartheid laws, Mandela began to protest against the unfair treatment of black people (“Nelson Mandela” np). During a peaceful protest, the government opened fire on the protesters and killed sixty nine people…

underground to do manual labor. But manage to avoid some policies and gained the name “Black Pimpernel”. Nelson grew tired of trying to do things in a non-violent matter because it would not catch any attention. He formed a military unit called the Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was made the commander in chief, and launched bombs on government targets. Then in 1962, Mandela was sentenced to five years in prison because of non-violent strike in 1961. Not even finishing out his sentence he was…

Steve Biko was born on the 18th of December in 1946 in Tylden. After matriculating from high school, Biko had initially intended to be a lawyer but changed to medicine as studying law was associated with political activism. In 1965, while studying medicine at the University of Natal, Biko was elected into the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) and became involved in the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) (Martin, 2012: 123). According to Martin (2012:123) during this time…

Shayla Boyd Mr. Griffin English 3, Period 5 November 5, 2014 Nelson Mandela: Changing South Africa One Step At A Time By Shayla Boyd Martin Luther King Jr, one of the great leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, once said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ”(King). Dr. King was not only concerned with unfair treatment of blacks in a particular place, but the injustice they faced everywhere. Nelson Mandela would agree with this because he not only fought for oppressed 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…

Before he went to prison in trial to rule him of dead penalty his word to court became immortalized: “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 which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die” (“Nelson Mandela”). Mandela stated that he only fought…

However in the late 70s the ANC began to regain attention, primarily due to the Free Mandela Campaign that was launched. In 1976 an essay written by Mandela, “We ought to speak directly to the Afrikaner and fully explain our position” was smuggled out of prison and published. It would be significant in the following years as it played a major role in the ANC’s development and choice of focusing the world’s attention…