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    Nelson Mandela was a South African political leader who fought against apartheid, a system of racial segregation that prevailed in South Africa for many decades. He was born in 1918 in a small village in South Africa into a deeply segregated society. Mandela became involved in fighting against racial injustice and became a leader of the African National Congress party that defended the rights of black people. In 1964, he was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason against the apartheid government. During his imprisonment, he became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. After his release in 1990, Mandela continued working to end apartheid and in 1994 became South Africa's first black president, leading the country's transition to a mult

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    Nelson Mandela was a South African political leader who fought against apartheid, a system of racial segregation that prevailed in South Africa for many decades. He was born in 1918 in a small village in South Africa into a deeply segregated society. Mandela became involved in fighting against racial injustice and became a leader of the African National Congress party that defended the rights of black people. In 1964, he was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason against the apartheid government. During his imprisonment, he became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. After his release in 1990, Mandela continued working to end apartheid and in 1994 became South Africa's first black president, leading the country's transition to a mult

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    Nelson Mandela was a South African political leader who fought against apartheid, a system of racial segregation that prevailed in South Africa for many decades. He was born in 1918 in a small village in South Africa into a deeply segregated society. Mandela became involved in fighting against racial injustice and became a leader of the African National Congress party that defended the rights of black people. In 1964, he was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason against the apartheid government. During his imprisonment, he became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. After his release in 1990, Mandela continued working to end apartheid and in 1994 became South Africa's first black president, leading the country's transition to a mult

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    Nelson Mandela was a South African political leader who fought against apartheid, a system of racial segregation that prevailed in South Africa for many decades. He was born in 1918 in a small village in South Africa into a deeply segregated society. Mandela became involved in fighting against racial injustice and became a leader of the African National Congress party that defended the rights of black people. In 1964, he was arrested and sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason against the apartheid government. During his imprisonment, he became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement. After his release in 1990, Mandela continued working to end apartheid and in 1994 became South Africa's first black president, leading the country's transition to a mult

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    Nelson Mandela
    Professor: Eudo
    Pedro Gabriel Teixeira Saraiva

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    1- Who was Nelso Mandela?
    ◇ Nelson Mandela was a South African political leader
    who fought for most of his life against apartheid, a
    system of racial segregation that prevailed in South
    Africa for many decades.

    ◇ He was born on July 18, 1918 in a small village in the


    Eastern Cape in southern South Africa.
    Mandela grew up in a deeply
    segregated and racist society,
    where the black majority was
    discriminated against and
    subjugated by whites. He
    became involved early in the
    fight against racial injustice
    and became one of the main
    leaders of the African
    National Congress (ANC), a
    political party that defended
    the rights of black people in
    South Africa.
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    2- What was apartheid?


    ◇Apartheid was a regime of racial segregation that took place

    between 1948 and 1994 in South Africa.

    ◇ In Afrikaans, the language spoken in the country, apartheid means

    “separation”. The system was instituted by the white elites that

    controlled the country, who defended the “superiority of the white

    race”.

    ◇ The objective was to institutionally restrict, through laws, the

    social and political rights of black people. Among the imposed rules, 20
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    3- Nelson Mandela and apartheid


    ◇ In 1964, Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for treason and
    conspiracy against the government. ◇ He spent 27 years in prison, much of it in
    the famous prison on Robben Island.
    ◇ During his imprisonment, he became a symbol of the fight against apartheid,
    inspiring millions of people around the world to join the fight for freedom and
    equality.
    ◇ After his release in 1990, Mandela continued to fight against apartheid,
    working closely with international leaders to pressure the South African
    government to end the system of racial segregation.
    ◇ In 1994, he became South Africa’s first black president, leading the country’s
    peaceful transition to a multiracial democracy.

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