Nelson Mandela

Nelson   Mandela   fight   against   apartheid
    When   you   talk   about   racisim,   discrimination,   slavery   and   others,   you   maybe   think   about   blacks.   Mandela   have   been   through   a   lot   in   his   life.   Nelson   Mandela,   born   1918   in   the   city   of   Transkei,   was   a south   african   resistance   leader   who,   after   years   of   imprisonment   for   opposing   apartheid,   emerged   to   become   the   first   black   president   of   South   Africa   and   a   winner   of   the   Noble   Peace   Prize.
    Nelson   Mandela   is   a   lawer, former   rebel   leader   and   a   former   president   of   South   Africa from 1994 to 1999, regarded as the most important leader of Black Africa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1993, and Father of the Fatherland of the modern South African nation. By 2009 he had devoted 67 years of his life in service to humanity (as a human rights lawyer and prisoner of conscience, until he became the first president of free South Africa, which is why in his honor the ONU created the International Day of Nelson Mandela on the day of his birth, in order to enhance around the world struggle for freedom, justice and democracy).
    The apartheid refers to implementing a policy of racial segregation developed in South Africa, this was prepared by direct descendants of the pioneers who settled the African continent, especially Europe, among which are the Dutch, French and German, called Afrikaners .
    The process of racial segregation in South Africa began even in the seventeenth century, when they reached the countries mentioned in the design of these settlers, they would create a perfect society, went further, they believed they were chosen by God, so put in practice the separation between whites and blacks, which lasted until the 90s.
    In 1948, apartheid became official, this law all items left explicit restrictions on black, with the aim of favoring the white minority. The law was modeled on the principle of conservation and cultural purity, as... [continues]

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