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A statue of the great man was unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament in LondonTRANSCRIPT
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Nelson MandelaIn June 2008 there was a huge In June 2008 there was a huge concert in London to celebrate concert in London to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 90Nelson Mandela’s 90thth birthday birthday
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• A statue of the great man was unveiled outside the Houses of Parliament in London
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Apartheid
• 1948 National Government• Black and White people to be treated
differently• Black people to live ‘apart’ in separate
areas• Had to carry a passbook
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• The passbook took away people’s freedom to move around
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• Black people were sent to live in shanty towns
• Often their homes were little more than huts
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• When people complained they were treated brutally
• 200 protestors were killed at Sharpeville in 1960
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Nelson Mandela
• A young man called Nelson Mandela thought all of this was wrong
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• He was born here
• Transkei, South Africa
• 18 July 1918• His father
Henry was chief of the Tembu Tribe
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• His name was Rolihlahla until he went to a school run by English priests
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• When he grew up, Mandela joined a group called The African National Congress (ANC)
• He tried to change things• In 1964 he was brought to
trial and sentenced to life imprisonment
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Nelson Mandela
• He was sent to prison at a place called Robben Island
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Nelson Mandela
• He was often kept all alone
• This was called solitary confinement
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Nelson Mandela
• People all over the world complained about what was happening in South Africa
• But Mandela was kept in prison for 28 years
• Eventually the government gave in
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Nelson Mandela
• On 18 February 1990• Nelson Mandela was
freed• He told his supporters
that they should not use violence
• They should help him to change South Africa peacefully
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Nelson Mandela
• In 1993 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• At his acceptance speech he said, “an injury to one is an injury to all”
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Nelson Mandela
• In 1994 the first ever free elections for all South Africans were held
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Nelson Mandela
• Mr Mandela became his country’s first ever President to be elected by all South Africans
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• The new South Africa had to decide on a new national flag and a new national anthem
• The problem was that in the new rainbow nation, different groups spoke different languages
• A COMPROMISECOMPROMISE was needed!
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• Used FiveFive languages
• IsiXhosa• IsiZulu• Sesotho• Afrikaans• English
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• TranslationTranslation
• Lord, bless AfricaMay her spirit rise high up
Hear thou our prayersLord bless us. Lord, bless Africa
Banish wars and strifeLord, bless our nation
Of South Africa. • Ringing out from our blue heavens
From our deep seas breaking roundOver everlasting mountains
Where the echoing crags resound • Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,Let us live and strive for freedom,
In South Africa our land.
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• Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika • Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo,
Yizwa imithandazo yethu,Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo. • Morena boloka setjhaba sa heso,O fedise dintwa la matshwenyeho,
O se boloke, O se boloke setjhaba sa heso,Setjhaba sa South Afrika - South Afrika.
• Uit die blou van onse hemel,Uit die diepte van ons see,Oor ons ewige gebergtes,
Waar die kranse antwoord gee, • Sounds the call to come together,
And united we shall stand,Let us live and strive for freedom,In South Africa our land.
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• Sadly, in December of 2013, Nelson Mandela died in South Africa.
• Nelson Mandela is seen as one of history's most inspirational figures.