Anti-apartheid activists

justice and equality for South America. They all told stories and used specific rhetorical techniques to show that they’re goal was to help the people of South Africa. They used these specific techniques to convice their audience of the horrific toll apartheid left them and their people. Nelson Mandela used Pathos to appeal to the emotion of his audience. In his speech he mentions alot of things to make people feel an emotion known as sympathy. He tries to talk about how he’s people is perceived and

The music from the Apartheid in South Africa was extremely important in the movement for freedom. At a time when there wasn’t much money for the Anti-Apartheid Movement, music became the most important weapon. The songs sung all over South Africa in resistance to the Apartheid intimidated the government more than weapons and violence could because of the powerful meaning behind each song that unified and strengthened the resistance. Artists all over South Africa wrote songs speaking out against

because of its distinct ability to bring people together. Look at monuments, flags, posters, anthems; all of these are used to promote unity. When individuals approach international issues, they often feel alone and insignificant. Artist and global activist, Olafur Eliasson, contends, “This is where art can make a difference. Engaging with a good work of art can connect you to your senses, body, and mind. It can make the world felt. And this felt feeling may spur thinking, engagement, and even action”

case, the white minority oppressed blacks by enforcing oppressive Apartheid laws that placed blacks in run-down homelands, forcing them to carry passes in order to travel through South Africa. Despite the black population doubling the white population, whites continued to hold control as a result of their political control and abundance of wealth. Though being put into a position of disadvantage, there were various black activists, including Nelson Mandela, seeking reform and racial equality for

Music in the apartheid era of South Africa was a very important tool and weapon for the majority, whom were those people that were oppressed. Songs of freedom consolation and resistance were extremely popular among the civil population. They were incredibly significant because they gave the majority a new sense of hope and courage, these songs keep the faith among the majority alive and grants them a radiant hope especially in their most trying times. (Stewart, 2013) The majority used music as a

The impact of apartheid is evident when analyzing Mxolisi and Nelson Mandela’s lives. Both men were exposed to similar oppressive environments as they lived in South Africa during apartheid, though their stories show generational differences. Mandela was an activist early in the apartheid regime and then spent a significant period of his life in jail until the end of the regime as he took part in reassessment of apartheid and negotiations. Mxolisi was born and raised during Apartheid and much of his

action in order to fight segregation. In South Africa nonwhite people receiving similar racial discrimination under apartheid. This banned nonwhite people from voting, denied them basic civil rights, and forced them to live separately from white people. In 1944 a recently expelled college student named Nelson Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) in order to fight apartheid. Mandela and King were two men fighting for the same goal on different continents. They both sought to achieve racial

corresponded to the apartheid. The apartheid movement was implementing segregation, keeping the white South Africans from interacting with the black South Africans1. In 1959, the Boycott Movement came into play in South Africa, which was later renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement. This led to other countries in the world putting pressure on South Africa economically to end this racial discrimination. In the late 1960’s, South Africa began to see some opposition against the apartheid and black South Africans

South Africans can coexist in peace and equality. His wisdom and determination for the anti-apartheid movement could be seen through his carefully composed speeches. In one of his most recognized speeches, his “Speech upon Release”, Nelson Mandela carefully used rhetoric devices such as anaphora and allusion along with historical context in order to acknowledge and give thanks to those who joined in the anti-apartheid movement. Background information In the early seventeenth century Europeans colonized

to shift the political power from the white minority to the black majority. Even so, the apartheid system ultimately collapsed due to the economic burden the apartheid imposed on the South African economy, the continued resistance that criticized the apartheid, and the end of the communist threat that allowed the South African government to shift their focuses to make extensive political changes. The apartheid state had already begun to decline by 1978, the economic boom South Africa experienced