Nelson Mandela

long walk to
freedom
Shreya Ladda
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 History
Apartheid is a political system that separates people according to their
race.
SOUTH AFRICA had such a political system until very recently.

Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress spent a lifetime

fighting against apartheid. Mandela had to spend thirty years in prison.

After years of struggle, finally, democratic elections were held in South

Africa in 1994.

On 10th May 1994 - Nelson Mandela became the first black President of a
new nation. Mr. de Klerk was first sworn in as the second deputy president
and Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as the second deputy president.
Long walk
to freedom
Long Walk to Freedom is an
autobiography written by South
African President Nelson Mandela,
and was first published in 1994.

The book profiles his early life,

coming of age, education and 27
years in prison.
Nelson Mandela’s speech at the inauguration
Mandela’s speech – the product of collective effort
with Thabo Mbeki at the head - matched the
symbolism and spoke to South Africa and the world.
Celebrating ‘newborn liberty’, Mandela invited all of
South Africa and the international community to bask
in ‘a glorious human achievement’ that was ‘a
common victory for justice, for peace and for
human dignity’. He affirmed a common humanity
and allegiance to South Africa. He lauded the
achievement as collective effort of many sectors of
society, singling out FW De Klerk for his role. He paid
tribute to the security forces for securing the first
democratic election and the transition to democracy.
And he pledged a new future, in which ‘we must act
together’ for reconciliation, nation-building and
social emancipation, a future which would never
again see ‘the oppression of one by another’
Rainbow gathering of different colors and nations

The ceremony was rich in symbolism

and emotion as heads of state from
more than 160 countries sat in the
amphitheater of the Union Buildings.
It was ceremonially recognized by the
police and military forces whose
historic mission had been to prevent
what was happening but who were
now securing the conditions for a
peaceful transition. Fighter planes and
generals saluted the president and
pledged allegiance. In the moment
between the singing of Die Stem, the
anthem of the old, oppressive, South
Africa and the singing of Nkosi
Sikelel’ iAfrika, the anthem of
liberation, the new South African flag
unfurled.
 New South
African Flag
 Resilience that defies the
imagination
“That day had came about through the unimaginable
sacrifices of thousands of my people, people whose
suffering and courage can never be counted or replaced”

“My country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie

beneath its soil, but I have always known that its
greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than
the purest diamonds.”
Obligations

In life, every man has twin

obligations.
1. Obligation to his family, to his
parents, to his wife and to his
children.

2. Obligation to his people, his

community, his country
 Desire for freedom
“It was this desire for the freedom of my people to live their lives
with dignity and self respect that animated my life, that
transformed a frightened young man into a bold one, that
drove a law-abiding attorney to become a criminal, that
turned a family-loving husband into a man without a home,
that forced a life-loving man to live like a monk. I am no
more virtuous or self-sacrificing than the next man, but I
found that I could not even enjoy the poor and limited
freedoms I was allowed when I knew my people were not
free. Freedom is indivisible; the chains on anyone of my
people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of
my people were the chains on me.”
Mandela’s belief about oppressors
He believed that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as
the oppressed.

A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of

hatred.

A man is not truly free if he’s taking away someone else’s freedom
Noble Peace
Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was
awarded jointly to Nelson
Mandela and Frederik Willem de
Klerk for their work for the
peaceful termination of the
apartheid regime, and for laying
the foundations for a new
democratic South Africa.
“It always seems impossible
until it's done.”
“ Do not judge me by my
successes, judge me by how
many times I fell down and
got back up again. ”
“ There can be no keener
revelation of a society's soul
than the way in which it
treats its children.”

—Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Thank you

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Shreya Ladda
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