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=Nelson Mandela=

From a speech he held.

=General= Nelson Mandela was born 18th of July 19 in Mvezo, South Africa. He was a very smart man, went to school and finished a three year study in two years. While he was studying he got into boxing and running. Mandela got into politics in 1948 when the [|Apartheid] regime was introduced. He was arrested along with 150 others in 1956 and charged with treason.

=ANC= [|ANC] ^ was “The African National Congress” and was fighting against the Apartheid regime in South Africa along with other demonstrations and other things. Nelson Mandela became leader of ANC’s armed wing in 1961.

=Imprisonment= Mandela was put on [|Robben Island] where he remained for 18 of his 20 years in prison. While he was being held in prison his reputation grew. In March 1982 Mandela was transferred to [|Pollsmoor Prison] with some other ANC leaders. After a while and a few new prisons the pressure on South Africa got to big and he was released in 11. February 1990. The event of the release was shown live all over the world.

A picture from when Mandela was in Prison on Robben Island. He spoke and this is what he said: “Our resort to the armed struggle in 1960 with the formation of the military wing of the ANC (Umkhonto we Sizwe) was a purely defensive action against the violence of apartheid. The factors which necessitated the armed struggle still exist today. We have no option but to continue. We express the hope that a climate conducive to a negotiated settlement would be created soon, so that there may no longer be the need for the armed struggle”.

=After the release= After the release Mandela went back to ANC and in 1994 he participated in the first multi-racial election. ANC won with 64% of the votes and Mandela became President. He was president from 1994 to 1999. He worked a lot to prevent AIDS, poverty and racism. There are monuments all over the world especially in the United Kingdom of Nelson Mandela to praise his efforts for world peace.

Mandela received the [|Nobel Peace Price] in 1993 and together he has received over 250 prices all over the world for his effort for world peace. In November 2009 the United Nations General Assembly announced his birthday, 18 July, is to be known for [|Mandela Day].

Source: [|Wikipedia]