He was born on July 18th 1918 in South Africa and he studied law. He became a leader with the creation of
the league of the youth. He created the first firm of black
lawyers of South Africa
1944 : Nelson Mandela, influenced by Walter Sisulu, joined
the African National Congress to fight against the political domination, because
he was conscious of segregations racial. He participated to non-violent
struggle against the apartheid laws, introduced by the National Party
government from 1948. He led
campaigns peacefully until the Sharpville Massacre.
Sharpville Massacre: On march 21st 1960, Black
people demonstrated peacefully aigainst the « pass » The police opened fire : there were 69 deaths and 178
wounded.
The gouvernment forbade ANC further to this
drama but mandela continued his fight in secret.
On 12 July 1963 he was arrested by the South African Police on indication by The CIA, and was sentenced sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial. Therefore, he became a symbol of the struggle for racial equality and has a
growing international support.
After twenty-seven years of
imprisonment, Mandelawas
released February 11, 1990
In 1993 he received with Frederik de Klerk,
the Nobel Peace Prize for ending together the apartheid regime and laid the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
In 1994 Nelson Mandela became the first
black president of South Afique. He tried to set up a politics of reconciliation between black and white people. In 1999 he was replaced by Thabo Mbeki.
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