ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

TOPIC:
NELSON MANDELA’S
LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

BY , B.K.SARAVAANA
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NELSON MANDELA
 NELSON MANDELA.
 Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the
village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July 1918.
His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was
Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela. In 1930, when he
was 12 years old, his father died. In 1944 he married
Walter Sisulu’s cousin, Evelyn Mase, a nurse. They had
two sons, two daughters, the first of whom died in infancy.
He and his wife divorced in 1958.

 Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1944

when he helped to form the ANC Youth League (ANCYL).
 THE LONG WALK TO
FREEDOM
• Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography
credited to South African President Nelson
Mandela.

• It was ghostwritten by Richard Stengel and first

published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co.

• The book profiles his early life, coming of age,

education and 27 years spent in prison.
 SHORT GLIMPSE OF THE LESSON:
 On M a y 1 0 , 1 9 9 4 , Nelson Mandela has taken the vow as
the first black president of South Africa. And therefore it was
becoming a new-born democratic country. Nelson Mandela
took the oath as the first black president.

• Many dignitaries from different countries had come to be part

of the most significant day. In his speech, Mandela thanked
all those dignitaries.

• Mandela assured his countrymen that his country would

never ever experience the same suppression of one by another.
Democracy had been established in South Africa and as a
result, a g o v e r n m e n t o f n o d i s c r i m i n a t i o n w a s
established.
 The people of South Africa sang two National Anthems as a symbol of that
day. Mandela recalled that the reason for this movement was that
Black-skinned people were exploited by the White people.
He said that this type of suppression of people of South Africa is the origin
of many stars. People must learn to hate first, because if they hate then
they can be taught to love, as love comes from the opposite
circumstances.

 He also says that a

“brave man is not that who does not feel afraid but who conquers it.”

 In life, a man has two major obligations.

1. First towards his family, to his parents, to his wife and to his children
and
2. second on the other hand obligation towards his country, people and
the community.
Everyone fulfils his duty as per his inclination and interest. But it
was very tough to fulfil in a country like South Africa. When Mandela
became an adult t h e n h e u n d e r s t o o d t h a t h i s f r e e d o m w a s o n l y
a n i l l u s i o n . In fact, he was the slave of exploitation. He also understood
that not only he was a slave but his other family members were also.
 According to him, Freedom is also mandatory for them
who were suppressing others in the past. They also have
the right to have it because snatcher of other’s freedom
is a prisoner of the same. Thus, the oppressor is as much
a prisoner as the oppressed. The oppressor too is not
free.

THUS ,
1. The brave man is not the one who does
not feel afraid, but he is the one who
conquers that fear.
2. Also Mandela said that every man has
his duties towards his country and
community too