Nelson Mandela

             Nelson Mandela

In class we have recently been learning about Nelson Mandela. Nelson was from a South
African village called Mvezo. The village had huts and was surrounded by a fence. He was
born in to a tribe called Xhosa, he was born into the royal family. Nelson Mandela was
born on the  18th of July 1918 and died on the 5th of December 2013.

Nelson Mandela was a fighter against apartheid and segregation. Apartheid is when there
is a discrimination on grounds of race. Segregation is when you are setting people apart
from others. In Africa in 1960 people were peacefully protesting to change the laws but the
police shot 69 people because people were trying to change the law, this is now called
the Sharpeville Massacre.    

Nelson Mandela was a fighter against white supremacy and he worked with the ANC
(African National Congress). There was another organisation called the United Nations trying
to help. White supremacy is when a white person doesn't believe in equal rights for
other races or skin colours (and sometimes religions) and wants the whole world to be
white like them.

In 1962 Nelson Mandela went to Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison for 27 years for trying to
over roll the government. That shock the government so they put Nelson into prison where
he kept fighting underground with ANC. Other countries started to stop trading with South
Africa and that put pressure on the government to make changes.

In conclusion I think Nelson Mandela was a good fighter against racism and was peaceful.