Esl biography nelson mandela

Narrator: Rolihlahla Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. His family members were leaders of the Xhosa people.

Esl biography nelson mandela

When Mandela went to school, his teachers gave him the English name Nelson. Mandela studied law at university.

Narrator: In 1943, Mandela joined the African National Congress political party. At this time, South Africa was a racist country, and in 1948, the government introduced apartheid laws to keep the white population separate from other races.

Narrator: These laws affected every area of life, including housing, education, hospitals, and transportation, and black people could not vote. Mandela set up his law practice in 1952 to defend black people when they broke these unfair laws.

Esl biography nelson mandela afrikaans

Narrator: In 1955, Mandela helped to write the Freedom Charter, a plan for non-racist social democracy in the country. However, peaceful protests were not enough to end apartheid.

Narrator: After the 1960 Sharpeville massacre, where pol