Rolihlahla Nelson
Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, Transke, on July
18, 1918. The South African Activist, also former president helped bring an end
to apartheid and was a global advocate for human rights. He was a leader of the
peaceful protest and armed resistance against the white minorities, because of
these actions it landed him in prison close to three decades. When he was
released i 1990 he was involved within the eradictation of apartheid and later
in 1994 became the first black president of South Africa. While he was the
president he formed a multiethnic government to help oversee the country’s
transition. He lead the ANC in its negotiations with the national party and
other South African organizations to end apartheid. Mandela introduced a number
of social and economic programs to help improve the living standards of the
black population of South Africa. He stopped the discrimination against the
minorities, including the whites. In 1999 he retired from politics at the end of
his first term and his deputy took over. He continued to work with the Nelson
Mandela Children’s Fund he had set up in 1995 and then he established the
Nelson Mandela Foundation and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation. Nelson Mandela did
a lot to help South Africa and he is a wonderful civil rights activist known
around the world. May he rest in peace.
This a tribute video attached in honor of the late Nelson Mandela.
Peace,
Love, Respect, and South Africa
N’Dea
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