Nelson Mandela - Personal summary

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He inspire many people because he is an example of overcoming, he helped bring an end to apartheid and has been a global advocate for human rights. Mandela became an overcoming symbol because he was born in a small village and over the years he were one of the most important politicians of south africa and the world, because of his fight against inequality and on 10 May 1994 he was inaugurated South Africa’s first democratically elected President. About the apartheid, it was a policy of racial segregation and discrimination against non-whites that existed in the Republic of South Africa from the 1940s to the 1990s, Mandela fought strongly about this policy and he was jailed for 27 years. In 1993 he won Nobel Peace Prize. After all his struggles against racial segregation, He still is a global advocate for human rights and continues to give support to various organizations. Nelson Mandela never wavered in his devotion to democracy, equality and learning. Despite terrible provocation, he never answered racism with racism. His life has been an inspiration to all who are oppressed and deprived, to all who are opposed to oppression and deprivation.

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