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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NELSON MANDELA

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BIOGRAPHY

  • Born Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 in South Africa Died 5 December 2013 (aged 95) in South Africa. political party African National Congress (ANC) Other political affiliations South African Communist Party
  • He was the first in his family how go to school
  • He studied law
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WHO IS HE ?

NELSON MANDELA WAS THE FIRST DARK-SKINNED PRESIDENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

WHY IS HE SO SIGNIFICANT?

He was at the forefront of South African people’s fight for independence and racial equality.

PRISON

HE SERVED 27 YEARS IN PRISON, SPLIT BETWEEN ROBBEN ISLAND, POLLSMOOR PRISON AND VICTOR VERSTER PRISON.
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This quick quote from Nelson Mandela on education give an indication of what he believers

NEW RIGHTS

Mandela and de Klerk wrote a new constitution for South Africa.
The constitution gave black South Africans the right to vote, provided for a government
based on majority rule, and did away with separated black South
Africans from white South Africans.

AWARDS

  • Nobel Peace Prize
  • Presidential medal of freedom
  • United Nations Price in the field of human rights
  • And seventeen others
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Fun facts

July 18th is the Nelson Mandela day. People are asked to devote 67 minutes to helping others. The 67 minutes represents the 67 years Mandela spent serving his country.

He had six children and twenty grandchildren.

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