Nelson Mandela And his long Walk to Freedom

1. Biographie  Birthday: 18. July 1918 in Qunu, TranskeiQunu, Transkei  His father Henry Mgdala Mandela is an deputy leader of the Thembulands  After the death of his father he becomes a leader of election district  After his school qualifications he goes to university of Fort Hare to become lawyer  He is a member in the council of students  In 1940 he take part in a protest campaign and as consequence he is banished from the university  In 1942 he becomes a member of the African National Congress (ANC)ANC

1. Biographie  1944 he helps to found the ANCYL (the youth league of the ANC)ANCYL  1948 he is ANCYL member (ANC youth league)  In 1950 Nelson becomes ANCYL President  In 1952 he becomes ANC Transvaal President and National Vice-president  1952 he founds the first black lawyer’s office with his partner Oliver TamboOliver Tambo  Nelson Mandela realizes that the way of the Apartheid regime isn’t a way of law and fairness, thus he becomes an enemy of the regime  He is accused in the famous trial of the south African government against the ANC

1. Biographie  After the Sharpville Massacre in 1960 the ANC is banished as an political party Nelson Mandela is in prison until 1961Sharpville Massacre  After his release from prison he leads the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), which is the military branch of the ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe  In 1962 he leaves the country to start a military training in Angola  In Angola he leads the training of other MK members  On his return he is arrested  After his first charge he has to stay 5 five years in prison, but after the Rivonia trial he gets life imprisonmentRivonia trial

1. Biographie  In 1964 are nearly the whole leading figures of the ANC condemn to life imprisonment  First prison: Robben Island, characterize by inhumane, callous and brutal treatment  Second prison: Pollsmor (in 1982) means the way back to life and first visitors  Third “prison” in the near of Paarl in 1988: Nelson can leave his house, he has a few rooms and he often has guests  Frederik de Klerk becomes the first chairman of the national party and president at the Frederik de Klerk

1. Biographie  He prompts that Nelson Mandela is released from prison at the  After his release he makes his historical speech  All the other ANC members are released, too and the banishment from the ANC is abolished  In 1991 he becomes ANC President  In 1993 Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk get the Peace Nobel Prize  In 1994 the first democratically elections take place, where all south Africans can take part  In 1994 Nelson Mandela becomes president of the Republic of south Africa

1. Biographie  Mandela leads the reorganization of the state and the society away from Apartheid und the minority government  he fights for the national and international reconciliation:  Government of National Unity (GNU) Government of National Unity (GNU)  Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)  In 1999 he resigns from his office as president  After his resign he works as lawyer for several humane rights organisations  He gets several honours (par example Order of St. John and Presidential Medal of Freedom)

Nelson Mandela He gives his live for his country his personal walk to freedom becomes the walk to freedom for a whole nation Thank you for your attention Thank you for your attention