Biography of nelson mandela ppt background

Nelson Mandela

& South African Apartheid

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Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, His first name could be interpreted, prophetically, as "troublemaker." The Nelson was added later, by a teacher.

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PREDICT: Do you think Mandela lived up to his name as a troublemaker?

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Nelson Mandela

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Growing Up During Apartheid

• Mandela grew up on cattle herding farm until the death of his father. Mandela then lived with a powerful relative, the acting regent of the Thembu people.

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• Years of daily exposure to the inhumanities of apartheid, where being black reduced one to the status of a non-person, kindled in him a kind of absurd courage to change the world.

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His Start

– Law degree from Univ. S. Africa

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– African National Congress (A.N.C.) deputy national president

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Passive Resistance to Apartheid

• At first, Mandela opted for nonviolence as a strategy to defeat apartheid. He became involved in programs that fought against the laws that forced blacks to carry passes.

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Mandela

A.N.C.

Persecution

• Despite the peaceful protests, the government decided to charge protestors at one event of “treason,” including Mandela. The trial dragged on for five years, until , ending in the acquittal of all accused. Mandela was a free man, sort of.

Persecution

• But by the time Mandela was acquitted, South Africa had been convulsed by the massacre of 69 peaceful black demonstrators at Sharpeville in March They were killed by the South African government who wanted to stop the resistant movement. All of them were innocent, peaceful protestors.

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After the Sharpesville Massacre

• After the massacre, black South Africans were outraged.

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• Many South Africans realized that peaceful protests and civil disobedience would not overturn apartheid. As a result, many turned to violence as a means to end apartheid.

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