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Does anyone have any materials about Nelson Mandela's life that's accessible to a youngster like me? I know he was hugely important for ending something called

Does anyone have any materials about Nelson Mandela's life that's accessible to a youngster like me? I know he was hugely important for ending something called "apartheid" in South Africa which sounds pretty horrible, I just don't know what it is. Rest in peace.

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csmuk 13y ago
Wikipedia...
roschdal 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela Nelson Mandela's Life Story - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w Mandela release from prison speech - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpw8AU3wMsM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpw8AU3wMsM
guyht 13y ago
Quick summary from the BBC article 1918 Born in the Eastern Cape 1943 Joined African National Congress 1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped after a four-year trial 1962 Arrested, convicted of incitement and leaving country without a passport, sentenced to five years in prison 1964 Charged with sabotage, sentenced to life 1990 Freed from prison 1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize 1994 Elected first black president 1999 Steps down as leader 2001 Diagnosed with prostate cancer 2004 Retires from public life 2005 Announces his son has died of an HIV/Aids-related illness
davidgerard 13y ago
You're just trying to make people like me (46) feel old, aren't you ;-)
- dredmorbius 13y ago
  You are old ;-)
nashequilibrium 13y ago
The book a long walk to freedom, not the movie.
pavs 13y ago
Along the same line I would like a good book recommendation on Mandela.
- jere 13y ago
  I read Long Walk to Freedom, his autobiography, in college and thought it was really good. The film adaptation was released just last week if you're interested in that (though it sounds mediocre). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_to_Freedom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_to_Freedom
  - harshreality 13y ago
    Meredith Martin's Mandela is supposed to be pretty good, too, if you want a non-auto-biography. Both epubs readily searchable on google and of course on amazon directly.
gadders 13y ago
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=apartheid http://lmgtfy.com/?q=apartheid
dredmorbius 13y ago
"Apartheid" (literally: "the state of being apart") was a forced doctrine of legal racial separation, nominally "equal" but in reality anything but, with the black majority being hugely opressed, lasting from 1948 to 1990 / 1994 (officially at the former date, popularly when universal national elections were held on the latter). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa Mandela fought this system along with many others through the ANC, the African National Congress. Some of its actions were violent, and the organization and its members were labeled as terrorists, though Mandela later disavowed violence. He was freed in 1990, elected president of South Africa in 1994, and served until 1999. A man who went from spending 28 years in jail to leading the peaceful transition of his nation. His is one of the greatest stories of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Listening to Obama speakin right now. "I'm not a saint, unless you consider a saint to be a sinner who keeps on trying." NB: Obama himself was hugely guided and influenced by Nelson Mandela.
- gadders 13y ago
  I don't think Obama can even be mentioned in the same breath as Mandela, tbh.
  - richardjordan 13y ago
    Two people who have been heads of state of their respective countries are Obama and Mandela. Seems mentionable to me.
    - gadders 13y ago
      Superficially, yes. But Mandela is a statesman. Obama is a mere politician. It would be like comparing, say, Bush Sr with Winston Churchill.
  - SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago
    Yeah they can: They are both the first black elected leader of their respective countries.
equilibrium 13y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1s6ymm/nelson_mandela_former_president_of_south_africa/ http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1s6ymm/ne...
arethuza 13y ago
Clint Eastwood's movie Invictus has Morgan Freeman giving an excellent performance as Mandela - the film is centered on the true story of how the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup in South Africa but it does this in the context of the wider situation in the country at the time: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hi...

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csmuk 13y ago

Wikipedia...

roschdal 13y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela Nelson Mandela's Life Story - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w Mandela release from prison speech - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpw8AU3wMsM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpw8AU3wMsM

guyht 13y ago

Quick summary from the BBC article 1918 Born in the Eastern Cape 1943 Joined African National Congress 1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped after a four-year trial 1962 Arrested, convicted of incitement and leaving country without a passport, sentenced to five years in prison 1964 Charged with sabotage, sentenced to life 1990 Freed from prison 1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize 1994 Elected first black president 1999 Steps down as leader 2001 Diagnosed with prostate cancer 2004 Retires from public life 2005 Announces his son has died of an HIV/Aids-related illness

davidgerard 13y ago

You're just trying to make people like me (46) feel old, aren't you ;-)

dredmorbius 13y ago
You are old ;-)

nashequilibrium 13y ago

The book a long walk to freedom, not the movie.

pavs 13y ago

Along the same line I would like a good book recommendation on Mandela.

jere 13y ago
I read Long Walk to Freedom, his autobiography, in college and thought it was really good. The film adaptation was released just last week if you're interested in that (though it sounds mediocre). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_to_Freedom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Walk_to_Freedom
- harshreality 13y ago
  Meredith Martin's Mandela is supposed to be pretty good, too, if you want a non-auto-biography. Both epubs readily searchable on google and of course on amazon directly.

gadders 13y ago

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=apartheid http://lmgtfy.com/?q=apartheid

dredmorbius 13y ago

"Apartheid" (literally: "the state of being apart") was a forced doctrine of legal racial separation, nominally "equal" but in reality anything but, with the black majority being hugely opressed, lasting from 1948 to 1990 / 1994 (officially at the former date, popularly when universal national elections were held on the latter). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa Mandela fought this system along with many others through the ANC, the African National Congress. Some of its actions were violent, and the organization and its members were labeled as terrorists, though Mandela later disavowed violence. He was freed in 1990, elected president of South Africa in 1994, and served until 1999. A man who went from spending 28 years in jail to leading the peaceful transition of his nation. His is one of the greatest stories of the 2nd half of the 20th century. Listening to Obama speakin right now. "I'm not a saint, unless you consider a saint to be a sinner who keeps on trying." NB: Obama himself was hugely guided and influenced by Nelson Mandela.

gadders 13y ago
I don't think Obama can even be mentioned in the same breath as Mandela, tbh.
- richardjordan 13y ago
  Two people who have been heads of state of their respective countries are Obama and Mandela. Seems mentionable to me.
  - gadders 13y ago
    Superficially, yes. But Mandela is a statesman. Obama is a mere politician. It would be like comparing, say, Bush Sr with Winston Churchill.
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago
  Yeah they can: They are both the first black elected leader of their respective countries.

equilibrium 13y ago

http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1s6ymm/nelson_mandela_former_president_of_south_africa/ http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1s6ymm/ne...

arethuza 13y ago

Clint Eastwood's movie Invictus has Morgan Freeman giving an excellent performance as Mandela - the film is centered on the true story of how the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup in South Africa but it does this in the context of the wider situation in the country at the time: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1057500/