Nelson Mandela
Introduction:
When we think of what a leader should be, there are many characteristics that come to mind. Some examples of typical traits that are often seen in leaders are: confidence, passion, inspiration patience and persistence. All of these are important factors to being a good leader, yet they would not function alone. A good leader is created by followers and the situation that is requiring someone to lead. Without a cause or purpose, a leader does not have a goal to reach, and without a goal, no followers will join to support. There are many things that make and shape a good leader. In this essay I will look at what kind of leader Nelson Mandela was, and what made him successful. Nelson Mandela is known
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The majority of the people were black, and they had no rights, and were treated as less-worthy humans. Their problem was that they did not know how to fight this oppression. They did not have the power and military that the government held. What they needed was a leader. They needed someone who could be the voice of the country, and who could speak out and lead the rest of the black population toward freedom and equality. There were organizations made up by the people to fight against the oppression. The two most well known are PAC - Pan Africanist Congress, and ANC - African National Congress. The latter is known as the biggest South African political party. Both of these political movements were black South Africans fighting for freedom and looking out for the other black population in a peaceful …show more content…
The whole world was following what was happening with apartheid, and everyone looked to Nelson Mandela as one of the key figures in the fight. He got the attention of people from the UK, USA and many other western countries. He became a symbol of freedom to many people all over the world.
Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was born in 1918, into a South African tribe. He was actually the son of the chief, and was raised to become the next leader of the tribe. Unfortunately his father passed away, and he was sent to his uncle, to be taught the ways of being a leader. Being of royal decent, he recieved a good education, and started college when he was 20 years old. While he was attending university, he received a message saying that his uncle had found him a wife. Nelson did not want to get married, so he ran away to Johannesburg. Johannesburg is the place where Nelson experienced apartheid for the first time in his life. He had always been sheltered from political problems and was shocked at how the black South African population was being treated. Over the next years he proceeded to get his law degree, and started working as a lawyer to protect blacks who had unfair trials and no lawyer. This is when he became a member of the ANC, and started taking part in the fight for
Nelson grew up farming, herding cattle, and attending a christian elementary school while being apart of an african tribe (Nelson Mandela 1). Mandela grew up around tribal chiefs and elders, that helped him understand african self government and heritage better (Tyle 1). Nelsons tribe name was Rolihlahla but was changed to Nelson by a teacher at the school he attended (Nelson Mandela 1). Rolihlahla translates to one who brings trouble upon himself, which describes the journey through fighting for his rights his whole life (Nelson Mandela 1). When Nelson grew older he renounced his hereditary right to the tribal chiefdom and he entered college hoping to graduate with a law degree. He attended the University college of Fort Hare which he was expelled from in 1940 for leading a student strike and Witwatersrand University. He graduated and received his law degree in 1942 from the University of South Africa (Nelson Mandela 1). Nelson married Evelyn Ntoko Mase in 1944 and had four children which were Thembekile, Makaziwe, Makgatho and another Makaziwe Mandela (Nelson Mandela 1). There is only one of them alive today and there is two of the children with the same name because the first one died at the age of nine months. So they decided to name the younger sister after her. Thembekile died in a car accident at a relatively young age and Makgatho died at the age of 54 from AIDS (Nelson Mandela 1). Nelson Mandela ended up getting divorced from evelyn in 1956 (Nelson Mandela 1). On June fourteenth, 1958 he married Nomzamo Winnie Madikileza, who was a political activist (Nelson Mandela 1). He had two children with his second wife which were Zenani and Zindziswa Mandela (Nelson Mandela 1). He divorced Nomzamo in 1996 and he married his third and final wife in 1998 (Nelson Mandela 1). Her name was Graca Machel and she was a human rights activist along with Nelson Mandela (Nelson Mandela 1). He died at the age of 95 on
Nelson was such an inspiration and he influenced so many people in his lifetime, he was truly such a strong and straight forward person. Nelson Mandela was from a village of Mvezo, Transkei. He was born July 18, 1918 and he was raised in the small village. (history.com) While he was a child, they lost everything just because his father refused to go to court. For his job when he was a teenager, he ironed the Chiefs six western style suits. (Brown) He also went to a school with his family in a hut but then in 1934, he and
On the 18th of July, 1918, Rolihlahla Mandela, later on called Nelson, was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mveso in Umtata, which was, at that time, in the province of cape South Africa.His early life was devoted to the rituals and beliefs of his clan but also he worked as a cattle boy.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the first black president of South Africa and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, Transkei, on 18 July 1918. Mandela did his B.A and LLB from Cape Town. Hearing the stories from his elders, he also wanted to contribute his level best to the freedom struggle of his people.
One of the most influential figures of the 20th century, Nelson Mandela will forever remain an icon of peace, justice and perseverance in his native home of South Africa and throughout the world. Born on the 18 of July 1918 in South Africa's Cape Province Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who spent his life struggling against the all white National Party of South Africa who oppressed the black population and whose policies segregated the white and black societies causing a stark contrast in living conditions between the privileged caucasians and native South Africans. Mandela was imprisoned for his activism for twenty seven years but following his freedom in 1990 became the
Tor begin with , Nelson Mandela was a former South African president and activist that ran for a political change. He was a huge part of ending the apartheid and the segregation of the people in Africa and has been an advocate for human rights all
Throughout history people with certain traits have stuck out as great leaders. Some famous leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr, Gandhi, and Nelson Mandela have all demonstrated how beneficial a good leader can be to. Leaders are made great by many factors. Characteristics such as compassion, empathy, confidence, and understanding are crucial.
Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner who fought for equality in South Africa and later became the first black president. He was born and raised in Transkei, South Africa.As a child growing up, Mandela was mostly in the hands of his father. Mandela’s father died of lung disease, causing his life to change drastically. He was adopted by a man from a different tribe, causing him to have to adapt to more of a sophisticated tribe. He attended a tribal school that was located near the palace that he lived in, many children was not afforded this luxury. Not only that, Nelson Mandela was the first in his family to attend school. At the age of 16 Mandela traveled to Tyhalarhan for his circumcision that marked him as a man (BIO). This was a tradition
On July 18th,, 1918 Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa. At the age of seven, he began his British education which taught him different political things. When his father died, Nelson was sent to live with the leader of the bamboo people. He established Nelson’s hunger for leadership by letting him sit in on council meetings and sending him to the best schools. During a break from college, Nelson Mandela ran away in order to avoid a prearranged marriage. In 1941, Mandela was exposed to the first hand experience of what black lives were like for urban Blacks in South Africa at that time. Mandela began attending meetings of the African national congress, an organization that aims to establish a democratic government. By the end of 1952, Mandela
Are you aware of what Nelson Mandela did during his lifetime? Do you know the importance of Nelson Mandela to South Africa? Nelson Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist and a trained lawyer. He was in an anti-apartheid group, the African National Congress, which fought white oppression and fought for black people's rights. The group targeted apartheid symbols, which led to Mandela’s imprisonment for treason. He spent twenty-seven years in prison, and when he was finally let out he ran for president in an attempt to transition South Africa into a democracy. Nelson Mandela was elected President in a landslide victory, and him being the first African president in South Africa. Nelson Mandela heavily influenced South Africa during his lifetime.
Mandela was unemployed for a while with no money and in order to do anything in his life he needed other people and he started training as a lawyer. As everyone saw, Nelson Mandela never gave up and kept trying to make a living with nothing and because of he never gave up, he got the job as a clerk. This job did not even supply enough for him. He was only making $1.30 a week. This obviously didn’t meet his basic needs, but he kept fighting and instead of taking a bus to work everyday twice a day, paying money, he walked miles to and from work to save money. In 1942, Mandela took one of the biggest risks an African American would probably never take. Mandela enrolled to the University of Witwatersrand knowing that he was going to be the only black guy in the law faculty. The University knew the kind of guy Mandela was, so the University opened up a new world of ideas and beliefs to him. Lots of people accepted him, but many did not. Mandela did not let that bother him and he stayed perseverent through every action taken and through every word
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in a tiny village called Mvezo in the region of South Africa Known as Transkei. Nelson’s father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela, was chief in Mvezo. Nelson’s father had four sons and nine daughters. His mother was Nosekeni Fanny, Nelson was the youngest of their sons and became famous. When Nelson was a child the British ruled South Africa. Nelson Mandela becoming president was important because ,he did many things to impact the lives of the people of South Africa. He led a group called the ANC in an argument with de Klerk to end apartheid and to put a stop to non-racial democracy of South Africa. He improved the living standards of the country’s black population with the organization TRC. The organization
Nelson Mandela was born in South Africa on 18 July 1918. Nelson Mandela 1918–2013 he was the former South African President. He was the first black African President in South Africa. Nelson was solid leader. He was the leader of Africa National Congress (ANC) which opposed and its policy of racial separation known as apartheid. He ended apartheid and create and build peace, a free, multiracial and democratic in South Africa. Steve (2013 writer).Furthermore he was in jail and sentenced to 27 years life imprisonment as political prisoner. Because of his hard work and dedication he is a great hero and great leader.
Nelson Mandela was able to contibute to many things while he was alive. He contributed to South Africa, humanity, the Civil Rights Movement, world peace, towards
Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18th, 1918. His father died when he was young, and afterwards Mandela was raised by Jongintaba, the regent of the Tembu. When he was an young adult, he attended South African Native college. After that, he wanted to become to become a lawyer, so he studies law at the University of Witwatersrand.