Life of nelson mandela powerpoint

Nelson Mandela

& South African Apartheid

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Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918.

His first name could be interpreted, prophetically, as "troublemaker." The Nelson was added later, by a teacher.

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PREDICT: Do you think Mandela lived up to his name as a troublemaker?

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Nelson Mandela

1918 -- 2013

Growing Up During Apartheid

• Mandela grew up on cattle herding farm until the death of his father.

  Mandela then lived with a powerful relative, the acting regent of the Thembu people.

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• Years of daily exposure to the inhumanities of apartheid, where being black reduced one to the status of a non-person, kindled in him a kind of absurd courage to change the world.

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His Start

1942 – Law degree from Univ.

S. Africa

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1952 – African National Congress (A.N.C.) deputy national president

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Passive Resistance to Apartheid

• At first