Nelson Mandela - Fight for Freedom - Essay | Ewawa Magazine

Nelson Mandela tried to save his people and his country South Africa from many discriminations and he fought for freedom. He fought to separate from the white people who were in control. Mandela was a political man. He was the first president in South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was born on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo South Africa. He studied law at the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Witwatersrand. After that, he married a woman called Evelyn Mase. He married a total of three times. And he had four children. Then, he worked as a lawyer in Johannesburg and he was the first black lawyer in South Africa. Mandela is an incredible person because he helped to bring an end to “apartheid” (In South Africa, system of segregation /separate) and was a global advocate for human rights, and he tried to free his society from any discriminations.

Nelson Mandela was arrested by the police while he was in the protest or demonstration and they brought him to jail. He had been in jail for 27 years from 1962 to 1993. But, in 1990, the president F.W de Klerk released him. He went to prison because of “political offenses” (a political crime). While he had been in prison, he had written some new letters and he wrote one letter for six months. At the time, people could not visit more than one person where Nelson had been in prison. Visitors were allowed, but only one person could visit at a time and for no more than 30 minutes, it was one time per year. Moreover, his letters showed how to be a freedom fighter. The title was “The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela,”. After he was released from prison, he was elected as the first president of democrat in South Africa. And at the time, he became the first president of his country. South Africans loved him because he fought without any violence to make free his people.

Mandela protested for the human right and protested for revolution freedom from white people and discriminations. He fought for justice to separate his people. In the 1950s, he became the leader of the African National Congress (ANC). This group was devoted to stopping the racial discrimination.  Mandela fought black and white domination because it was an injustice. Sadly, on March 21, 1960, the protesters were shot and killed. This happened in Sapsvil in South Africa, according to (https://81708458.weebly.com/protests.html ). Mandela organizes the secret of military and he protested peacefully. When the government came with the violence, he supported the armed movement. Nelson protested peacefully because he had known how to protest and the strategy of protest or demonstration.

          Mandela died after he suffer in hospital, on 5 December 2013 in South Africa. He died when he was 95 years old. He died because of a lung infection and the undergo surgery for the stomach ailment and respiratory infection. At the time, Jacob Zuma announced on national television on 06 December 2013, according to ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Nelson_Mandela ). And Jacob was the fourth president in South Africa. When he died, South Africans felt lost a greatest person. Moreover, (“US President Barack Obama spoke shortly afterward. "We've lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth," he said. "Through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, Madiba transformed South Africa and moved all of us. His journey from a prisoner to a president embodied the promise that human beings and countries can change for the better."), ( https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25250082 ). In this link, there were many presidents who started to speak about Mandela inspiring fight for freedom, his work to works South Africa equal, and people safe. Now on his birthday, almost all people always celebrate around the world, it called (Mandela Day) and it is on July 18. Mandela has died but, people will not forget his great stories.

          In summary, Mandela became active or energetic involvement in the apartheid movement. Mandela improved the living standards of the colored community in his country and he began to design the housing, education, and economic development. After he became president, he was developing his country. While he had fought, he had cherished the idea of a democratic and free society in which all people live together in harmony and with equal opportunities in South Africa. Many people say “he was a great fighter” because he was a political legacy of non-violence. In my opinion, I appreciate Nelson Mandela because he fought for justice and tried to free South Africans without any violence.

Writer Melki bobii

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(https://81708458.weebly.com/protests.html )

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Nelson_Mandela ).

( https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25250082 ).