There is a person who gets the respect of all the nations and is the peacemaker of the whole world called Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, a tiny village on the banks of the Mbashe River in South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father, Gadla Hendry
Mphakanyiswa, was chief of the village, and his mother is Nonqaphi Fanny Nosekeni. When he was a child, his family found he was very smart, so they sent him to school when he was seven years old. Then, Mandela became the first person who went to school in his family. In his class, his English teacher gave him a new English name—"Nelson" (Wheeler 1). Mandela's father died when he was nine. It brought a big change in his life. After that, he was raised by Jongintaba, until he escaped
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Nelson Mandela is considered a modern day hero because of his integrity, his strength of spirit and his leadership.
Mandela is considered a hero because of his integrity. For equality, he leaded the
Defiance Campaign to encourage people to break racial separation laws. In 1942, he began to attend the African National Congress (ANC) meetings informally. Through this time, he studied the laws and became the president of the ANC Youth League, elected to the ANC national executive committee ("The Timeline of Nelson Mandela" 1). He fought for the freedom of South
Africa's black and colored population from oppression imposed by the minority government
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(Petty 1). Although the government punished him so much and sent him to prison, he never compromised his beliefs, which shows integrity and a willingness never to give up the fight.
Nelson Mandela is considered a modern day hero because of his strength of spirit. He was in prison for 27 years and he stayed in the prison of Robben Island for 18 years. He arrived on Robben Island in the winter of 1964 (" The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela" 1). In that place, everyone was confined to a small cell. The floor was his bed and the bucket was his