Essay on The Man Who Changed South Africa: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

First, in Rolihlahla Mandela’s(Nelson Mandela) childhood many things happened. For example, his father died when he was only nine years old (www.History.com Staff). He was adopted by the new chief and lived with him from that point on(www.Biography.com). He was the first one in his family to go to school and to go to college(www.sahistory.com). He studied law in every college he went to but never got his degree because he didn’t feel like getting his degree(www.sahistory.com. He got his name Nelson from his teacher, and lived with that name since then. When Nelson

Mandela was a very important leader in the struggle against apartheid. Like many other struggle leaders, he was thrown in jail more than once and spent 27 years of his life in jail. He became an important symbol for human rights and anti-apartheid campaigns all over the world. In 1990 he was finally released from jail, and he became an important leader in the talks with President F.W. de Klerk about a South Africa free from apartheid.

While in prison many other ANC leaders were also found and arrested. They were all put on trial (Rivonia Trial) for sabotage, treason, and violent conspiracy. Mandela was sentenced to life in prison at the maximum security Robben Island Prison. Although in a maximum-security prison, Mandela was still able to keep in contact with the anti-apartheid movement secretly. For 18 years Mandela stayed at Robben Island, where he lived under harsh conditions with other political leaders. This time spent in the prison changed his attitude and made him become the great political leader that he is today. He realized that violence was not the answer to all his problems. Furthermore, many would think that this imprisonment would hurt the anti-apartheid movement, but in reality it helped much more. Many world leaders demanded that Mandela be

Nelson Mandela had to face many obstacles being imprisoned is one of the main obstacles. Nelson Mandela was "educated his fellow prisoners and providing inspiration so that prison life would not kill the zeal for their struggle." (Buckwalter 1). Even with all the odds stacked against him he never gave up. Mandela was given the

“To deny people their right to human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid (“In Nelson Mandela’s own words”). Nelson Mandela was a moral compass symbolizing the struggle against racial oppression. Nelson Mandela emerged from prison after twenty-seven years to lead his country to justice. For twenty-seven years he sat in a cell because he believed in a country without apartheid, a country with freedom and human rights. He fought for a country where all people were equal, treated with respect and given equal opportunity. Nelson Mandela looms large in the

On July 18th, 1918 a natural born leader, Nelson Mandela was born. Nelson Mandela was the only one in his family with education and an aspiring heart to end segregation, specifically within his country South Africa. At the age of 46, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to overthrow the state. Though he was convicted and obtained fewer privileges than the average person due to his ethnicity, it did not put the light out in his charismatic soul. After serving 27 years in jail and being confined to a small cell with no bed Nelson was released on February 11th, 1990.

Eighteen of those twenty-seven years he spent in a prison called Robben Island. It was a very harsh and bear prison. As soon as Nelson arrived with his ANC comrades a warder said to him, “This is the Island. This is where you will die.” Robben Island became known as the “university behind bars”. (Mike Wooldridge) Mandela was moved several times after Robben Island. He moved to a prison at Pollsmoor and this gave Nelson the chance to “talk” with the government. (“The Life and Times of Mandela”) He was then sent free four decades early. After he was set free, Nelson began to start working on his goal of ending apartheid, leading to presidency of the ANC which ultimately resulted of him becoming the president in south

However, while in prison, Mandela was charged with treason for trying to overthrow the government and he was sentenced to life in prison (Ryan 1). Mandela was given a choice, and he chose to speak up and stand up for what was right. Although all he ever did was try to establish equality, Mandela ended up spending nearly three decades in

Mandela was then sentenced to life in prison. Throughout the years of his imprisonment at Robben Island the world continued to put sanctions on South Africa. This created pressure inside and outside of the country for Mandela’s release. After being in prison for 27 years, Mr. Mandela was finally released and granted freedom.

"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison." This was stated by former president of Africa, Nelson Mandela, who was sentenced to a 27-year sentence of imprisonment for standing up against a government that was committing egregious human rights abuses against black Southern Africans. Once Mandela was released in 1990, he went on to lead the way for the abolition of segregation four years later.

Mandela had tried for years to get what he deserves. "Mr.Mandela was released from prison and talks on forming a new multi-racial democracy for South Africa began."(2) Life turned upside down for Nelson for 27 years (1964-1990) and he still fought for his beliefs. He even fought even without trying, his "fans" launched an international camp In this articles Nelson Mandela's life and times do it describe a heroic person. Nelson Mandela shows multiple traits of a hero. The first trait that came to my mind was brave. The next one that came to my mind were caring. The final personality that popped in my mind were selfless. Nelson Mandela has shown the tremendous amount of change to South

    Nelson Mandela was a great leader of South Africa. Nelson Rolihlahla  Mandela was born in South Africa on July 18, 1918. He was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who was the first black and democratically elected President. Before Mandela was elected president, South Africa was a country with a white supremacist government, ruled by apartheid. There were racial tensions between whites and blacks, both races hated each other. Blacks were uneducated and most of them were poor and had little food. Nelson Mandela had a positive impact towards South Africa because he ended apartheid, unified South Africa and helped those less

Nelson retained his dignity and remained a beacon of hope to his country, even through many years of jail time. Despite his own hardships, he was still there for his people in trying times, even through his 28 year imprisonment. Multiple offers were made so he could be set free, but he refused as they went against what he believed in. He

Nelson Mandela was a man who learned from his previously violent ways and thoroughly used peace to his advantage in his fight against apartheid, and in the leading of South Africa. Nelson Mandela grew up as a peaceful person and in 1943 went to law school for his degree. While in law school, he got very interested in politics and joined a radical protest group, the African National Congress (The ANC). The ANC got into a lot of trouble with the government for their ideas about a place without apartheid. Mandela was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life in prison. The government let him out of

Mandela maintained his peacefulness and leadership qualities in prison. Psychologist Saths Cooper, a leader of the rival Black Consciousness Movement, shared a cellblock with Mandela for five years at Robben Island. He observed that Mandela was,