Nelson Mandella Essay
Nelson Mandella fight for freedom created a positive legacy.
Brief intro of Mandela and his achievements
Nelson was born with the birth name ‘Rolihlahla’ meaning ‘troublemaker’, which happened to blend well with his personality over the growing years as Nelson Mandela caused a lot of upset to the government of South Africa, through this anti-apartheid movement and revolutionary ways. Nelson mandella was born on the 18th of july 1918 and died on the 5th of december 2013. Nelsons served 27 years of his life in imprisonment. In 1993 Nelson was Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1993 he was also awarded Times person of the year. In 1996 he was awarded the world citizenship award. From 1994 to 1999 Nelson became South african first black president. In 2003 he Establishesd the Mandela Rhodes Foundation
Early life
Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the
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The first 18 years were spent at the Robben Island prison where he had a small cell without a bed and no plumbing services and was made to do hard labour in a lime quarry daily. He was only allowed to see his wife at this prison and had very little privileges than other inmates although he was a black politician. While in prison Nelson earned a bachelor of law degree from the University of London and would serve as a mentor to his fellow prisoners, encouraging and helping them to seek better treatment through nonviolent resistance. This shows how even while in prison Nelson would try help people out and be a good leader. In 1980 a man by the name of Oliver Tambo introduced the “Free Nelson Mandela” campaign that helped make the jailed leader a household name. Nelson was offered freedom for various political promises but of course he rejected the offer. In 1982 Mandela was moved to Pollsmoor Prison on the mainland, and in 1988 he was placed under house arrest on the grounds of a minimum-security correctional