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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela. family AIDS work future?. Topics. biography political career time in prison peace work. Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela was born in Mvezo near Umtata on 18th July 1918 his father Henry Mgdala Mandela was a chief of the Thembus his family was quite wealthy

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Nelson Mandela

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  1. Nelson Mandela

  2. family AIDS work future? Topics • biography • political career • time in prison • peace work

  3. Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela was born in Mvezo near Umtata on 18th July 1918 his father Henry Mgdala Mandela was a chief of the Thembus his family was quite wealthy  Mandela had a happy childhood at the age of nine he lost his father he was given his British name “Nelson“ at a Methodist school Biography

  4. 1939: Mandela studied at “Fort Hare College“, where he met Oliver Tambo  there he was first confronted with the injustice of the supremacy¹ of the whites • after a students‘ strike Mandela and Tambo were expelled² • he met Walter Sisulu who arranged a place at “Witwatersrand university“ where he finished his law studies ¹ - Vormachtsstellung ² - verwiesen

  5. Political career • as a student Mandela got involved in the political opposition which struggled for equal rights for the black majority • 1944: he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and two years later he founded the Youth League of the ANC (ANCYL) with Tambo and Sisulu • after the National Party had won the election¹ the ANC was forced to fight harder against Apartheid ¹ - Wahl

  6. Mandela demanded: → the preservation¹ of full citizenship for everyone → direct representation² of all South-Africans in Parliament → the right of trade unions, education and culture for everyone → compulsory school attendance³ for everybody • 1952: Mandela, who had become the president of the ANC and ANCYL, travelled through the country to call upon the population to protest • because of this Defiance Campaign4 he received a nine months suspended sentence with probation5 1 – Erhaltung 2 – Vertretung 3 – Schulpflicht 4 – Missachtungskampagne 5 – auf Bewährung

  7. 1956: Mandela and others were accused of high treason¹  1961: the defendants were set free • 1960: after the Sharpeville massacre the ANC was forbidden  his attitude changed, he accepted that violence was necessary • 1961: Mandela founded the armed wing of the ANC, the Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the nation) • because of forbidden journeys abroad he was sentenced to five years imprisonment • police found documents of the ANC which incriminated² Mandela and other members  they were condemned³ to lifelong imprisonment ¹- Hochverrat ² - belasten ³- verurteilt

  8. Time in prison • He spent 18 years of his prison time on Robben Island → lived in a 4 sqm- cell → black prisoners weren‘t considered to be human beings • they developed the so-called “Mandela University“ where they passed on the political views and the history of the ANC  1982: they were sent to Pollsmore Prison • 1985: Mandela refused a possibility to get free because he would have to stop fighting violently

  9. many people demonstrated for Mandela‘s release¹ → also many important politicians visited him • 1988: he was moved to a prison near Paarl, where he didn‘t feel like a prisoner any more • Frederik Willem de Klerk became leader of the National Party and president of south Africa → he abolished the ban on the ANC • after the pressure of the ANC and foreign organisations and with the help of de Klerk Mandela was released in 1990 ¹ - Freilassung

  10. Peace work • 1990-1994: after his release he started to negotiate¹ with all sections of the population → Mandela and de Klerk received the Noble Peace Prize • 1994: Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa • he fought for better relationships between the black and the white population • he developed a new constitution² • 1999: Mbeki, who was also his successor³ in the ANC, replaced him as president • 2000: he worked as a mediator in Burundi and helped to develop a peace treaty4 1 – verhandeln 2 – Verfassung 3 - Nachfolger 4 - Friedensvertrag

  11. Family • Mandela has been married three times • 1944: marriage with Evelyn Ntoko Mase → they had five children, but two died → 1957: the marriage was divorced • 1958: he married Winnie Nomzamo Madikizela → they had a son together, Makgatho Mandela → 1996: they were divorced • 1998: Mandela married Graça Machel • January 2005: Mandela’s second son died of AIDS

  12. AIDS work • 2002: Nelson Mandela‘s worldwide campaign “46664“ against AIDS was founded → 46664 was his prison number on Robben Island • aim of the organisation is to inform people about AIDS and how important it is to protect oneself → live events with famous people such as Will Smith are organized

  13. Future?  What will happen when Mandela is dead? • Mandela works for peace between whites and blacks • many blacks are angry at the whites because a lot of them still experienced what Apartheid was like → Mandela stops them from taking revenge • “When Mandela is dead, the whites will die like flies!“ • hypothesis: → civil war? → whites being murdered? → blacks will oppress whites? → or whites will oppress blacks again?

  14. This was a presentation by: Jasmin Baehr Nicole Hübner Paula Zirzow

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