Summary
The chapter has been taken from “Long walk to Freedom”.
Long walk to
Freedom (2013) is an autobiography. This book depicts his
struggle against
Gandhi. Like Mahatma Gandhi, he is world acknowledged.
“Apartheid’ or “racial Segregation was the deep-rooted
social follies in the
Society of South
Africa. Black people were not allowed to enter in
Restaurants, pub,
travel through first class train compartment. They were
Even not allowed
to walk on pedestrians. Such was the worst condition
Black people were deprived of their own natural human
rights.
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in
prison, most of them isolated
On Robben
Island off the coast of cape Town, South Africa.
Mandela fought
for equality and justice.
Finally, first democratic election held in South Africa
and Nelson Mandela
became the first
black PRESIDENT ON 9th May 1994. Mandela’s political
party won 252
seats out of 400.
Large number of delegates were from almost every country
were invited to
make their benign presence felt in the historical
ceremony. The ceremony
took place in
lovely sandstone amphitheatre formed by the Union Buildings
in Pretoria.
.
Two National Anthems were sung because there were two
races- black
and white. Both the races were happy on this occasion.
“Simply the sum of all those patriots”
Mandela speak that the freedom from the racial rule is
the result of the
effort all those great men. He is just the last.
“Depths of oppression” create “height of character” .
Mandela illustrates this
by saying that the decades of oppression and brutality
produced many
patriots like the
Oliver Tambo, the Walter Sisulus, the Chief Luthulis, the
Yusuf Dadoos, the Bram Fishers, the Robert Sobukwes.
Mandela’s hunger was not limited to himself. It was his
desire for his people
to live their lives with dignity and self respect that
animated his life. It
changed a frightened young man into a bold one.
The world will always remember Nelson Mandela for the
contribution of
eradicating “Racial Segregation” and for promoting equality between
different sections of human race.
