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    People must learn to hate‚ and if they can learn to hate‚ they can be taught to love‚ for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” A quote from Learning to Teach About Race by Gnanadass‚ E. (2014) where the teacher used Nelson Mandela‚ a South African political leader‚ to finish a class. Many people from unique backgrounds and lifestyles even‚ those such as the 44th President of the United States‚ Barack Obama tweeted or used this quote when a white supremacist group marched with

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    NELSON MANDELA Rolihlahla Mandela was born on July 18‚ 1918 in Transkei‚ South Africa in the tiny village of Mvezo. He was the first member of his family to go to school. Due to the customs of the British educational system his teacher changed his first name to Nelson. When Nelson Mandela was nine‚ his father died of lung cancer. This was a turning point for Nelson who was placed in the care of the chief of the Thembu people‚ Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo. While living in the palace Nelson studied

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    April 2014 Nelson Mandela In order to achieve something great‚ you must have desire‚ you must truly want it from the bottom of your heart. Born July 18‚ 1918‚ in a small town in South Africa‚ Nelson Mandela had the greatest passion to do anything to win his country’s independence. He fought for the rights of blacks in South Africa and for helpless people around the world. Motivated by his actions‚ the president of South Africa‚ P.W. Botha‚ imprisoned Mandela for twenty-seven years. When he was released

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    last words before being sentenced to life imprisonment for recruiting and training for the purpose of sabotage and violent revolution. As a result of love and dedication to both his people and nation‚ the ideal that Mandela expresses has become reality. Through

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    Dark energy what is it? Dark energy is a unknown energy said to take up 70 percent of the universe. The energy is a repulsive gravitational effect that is causing the universe to accelerate out-ward. No one knows exactly what dark energy is or where it comes from. Dark Energy is a new idea. Little is known about dark energy‚ yet it takes up a huge amount if the universe. Scientist were able to show the universe was expanding at an accelerated rate by measuring the red-shift of an object by comparing

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    person. This book‚ “The dark child” by Camara Laye‚ is an autobiographical story about one boy who sacred traditions struggling against the encroachment of a modern world. Reading the “The Dark Child”‚ I sincerely felt what the cleanest and the beautiful mind was like and struggles as well. It’s is like story of one’s fight for oneself. While I was reading this book‚ it brought me the warmth of the little boy’s heart and the background of his life as well. I think this book "The Dark Child" is a diary

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    president of South Africa Name at birth: Rolihlahla Mandela Nelson Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa before becoming‚ an a remarkable twist‚ the country’s first black president. Nelson Mandela was a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC)‚ which opposed South Africa’s white minority government and its policy of racial separation‚ known as apartheid. The government outlawed the ANC in 1960. Mandela was captured and jailed in 1962‚ and in 1964 he was convict

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    Dark Energy VS Dark Matter Dark Matter Dark Matter is the name given to mass that emits no detectable radiation. ‘’Dark Matter accounts for the galaxies rotating about "local groups" in tighter orbits than we expect from our observations. Gravity is stronger than we can account for unless there is some matter we cannot see. We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are of what it is” (Feild‚ Ann‚ 2013). Scientists think dark matter is made of particles called WIMPS‚ "weakly

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    Mandela was released 27 years after being imprisoned under the suppression of the communist act on 14th June 1964. When Frederik Willem de Klerk agreed to release Nelson Mandela he knew that he was releasing the African National Congress Leader‚ whose main aim was to abolish Apartheid and keep South Africa free from racial segregation and make it a united society. With President F.W de Klerk aware of this he was releasing Nelson Mandela he would have known that Mandela was extremely

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    The concepts of Idealised influence‚ inspirational motivation‚ intellectual stimulation and individualized consideration were all core characteristics of a leader before his time. The late Nelson Mandela was a simple man at his core coming from a foundation of tribal tradition and hierarchy. These beliefs were challenged when he went to school and found that political powers were using tribalism to keep the black South Africans from the ability to make a change in their way of life. Mandela’s personal

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