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The extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, the man has always existed, even when locked in a solitary cell in the rock, battered and neglected Robin Island, the world was somehow aware of this remarkable man. Personally, I can not remember the first time I became acquainted with him was just always Hence, a part of my life, like a part of life worldwide. In fact, was even more than that, been a part of world consciousness, all of us were to much of this man, this man, who was a thorn in the side of the truly monstrous apartheid regime of South Africa. He always seemed quite normal that I, a child small central sterile Ireland had a relationship with a man in a cell, on a rocky outcrop in the South Atlantic Ocean, the whole world seemed to love and respect, except, of course, their barbaric captors that they were afraid of him stupid. So, when I was seven, I was not perturbed that a young woman named Mary Manning, who worked as a cashier in a cluster of shops called chain Dunnes Stores refused to transport the fruit from the era of apartheid in South Africa. She, along with ten of his colleagues were suspended from work, set up a picket that was to last nearly three years. Miraculously, they won, the government caved in a prohibited the import of South African goods. What guts, what resolve, what the value young people inspired by the strength of Mandela. Similarly, in Ireland growing there were many songs about Mandela, in particular Special 'Free Nelson Mandela's who never left the airwaves in 1984.

So, how was so prevalent? Why do you care so much? How was your star still shines? There are many worthy causes in the world that were forgotten or were never really even knows, first, many freedom fighters from other prisoners, even within South Africa that have not yet registered. So what Nelson Mandela did in fact so different and so impossible to forget, just one? We have to go right back to the beginning, where he, the man began. He was born in South Africa on July 18, 1918 in a small town called Mezvo in the territory of Transkei. His great grandfather was king of the Thembu people, however, his father was a victim of colonial authorities and was deprived of his post as head of the village of Mezvo. Mandela's father had four wives, he was the father of thirteen children, born with Mandela third wife, Fanny Nosekini. Rolihlahla Mandela was baptized, her English teacher later appropriation of Nelson's first name on it. He was educated at the school, turn the Wesleyan mission, Clarkebury Boarding Institute, Wesleyan University in Fort Beaufort and University of Fort Hare. It was at the University of Fort Hare, the young Mandela began to get involved in politics, organizing a boycott of university policies. He was suspended from the university for this action, so be relocating to Johannesburg to complete his studies at the University of Witwatersrand. He graduated in 1942 with a degree in law, his time had found Witwatersand increasingly active in politics, in 1942, also joined the African National Congress (ANC).

Under the leadership of Anton Lembede, young members like Nelson Mandela began the formidable task of transforming the ANC into a mass movement by expanding membership to include the millions of illiterate people working in the cities and countryside of South Africa. They formed the African National Congress Youth League (Youth League), Mandela proved to be a very efficient organizer and tireless worker and was soon elected for the Secretariat of the Youth League in 1947. In 1948, the Afrikaner-dominated National Party won the elections of white on their platform of racial segregation of apartheid thus promoting the ANC to accept the methods ANCYL boycott, strike and civil disobedience as official policy. The match became increasingly militant, taking it lead of the younger radical members. In this wave of change, Mandela was elected National Executive Committee (NEC's) in 1950. The program also included ANCYL achievement of full citizenship, direct parliamentary representation of all South Africans, the redistribution of land, trade union rights, education compulsory for children and adult mass literacy. One can but be impressed by his ambition, against seemingly insurmountable obstacles remained sign and seal of their rights, really amazing. Mandela was named National Volunteer-in-Chief of the Defiance Campaign that the ANC unleashed in 1952. The campaign was designed to start with a small radical group of volunteers, of which would spread like wildfire to involve more and more ordinary people, which ultimately culminated in a mass, the national challenge.

Mandela's role was to travel the country organizing resistance to discriminatory legislation, he was arrested, charged and convicted of contravening the Suppression of Communism Act, was given a suspended sentence. In addition, he was forbidden to attend meetings and was limited to the borders of Johannesburg for six months. During his confinement in the capital, along with Oliver Tambo Mandela opened a law firm, which has represented thousands of people who were undergoing treatment by the horrible apartheid government, which offers low-cost legal advice. The authorities demanded that they move their practice to the city in the middle of nowhere, citing legislation segregation of land, in practice it would mean the abandonment of its huge database of customers. Of course, as expected, refused to cede an inch, standing heroically with their clients under siege. The ANC began looking on ways to maintain contact with their members without having to hold meetings of mammoth, which requires a system of powerful local and regional branches to whom power could be devolved the task of organizing a system was given to Mandela, who conceived of the M-Plan that bears his name. In the last part of the 1950s, Mandela focused on the exploitation of labor, the pass laws, segregation in the universities and the politics of the Bantustans. On 5 December 1956, Mandela was arrested along with another hundred fifty accused of treason, all were tried in what is known as the marathon Treason Trial of 1956-1961, all received acquittals. Around this time, Mandela became even more radicalized, the ANC was illegal, the organization had been meters driven and as a result many of its members started to become more and more open to the most militant.

In 1961, Mandela became a leader of the ANC armed wing, Umknonto we Sizwe (MK) and began to coordinate the campaigns of sabotage against military and government targets, which also organized training paramilitary and funds raised for the movement. As a result of these activities, Mandela was forced to go to the race, adapting many disguises to avoid capture. Working a tip from the CIA, the South African authorities finally managed to locate, he was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. In 1963, he was brought before the trial Rivonia, where along with ten other ANC leaders, was tried on a list of charges including planning a foreign invasion of South Africa. Mandela refused this accusation, but admitted to resort to violent tactics, outlining in a passionate defense of the opening of the spring that the ANC had tried to pressure the government by constitutional means, but had made it clear to them through the brutality held, the referendum establishing the Republic of South Africa and the prohibition that the ANC had no choice but to take up arms. All except one were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, Mandela was moved to facilities maximum security Robben Island. Conditions on the island were absolutely terrible, the prisoners were assaulted at will by the prison guards all white dogs often established to inmates. All prisoners were put to hard labor in quarries, limestone quarries and construction projects. Mandela was classified D-Group as a prisoner and so were allowed only one visitor and one letter every six months. The visits were only allowed to last for a maximum of thirty minutes and letters were often held for long periods and can be read almost entirely by the prison censors. There was no access to reading material except of the Bible.

Remarkably, all prisoners had to get ahead and give them hope was football and the Makana Football Association. The Association set a football league consisting of teams of prisoners with the teams divided by political affiliation. It created solidarity among prisoners and, in fact, proved that they can work while a federation in the hardest, most oppressive regimes. "My God, taught them patience, he had to wait fifteen years for the right to use a real game, which made the soccer nets of fishing nets that washed up on the rocky coast of the island. Surprisingly, Mandela locked up in this outpost rock, threw it into the South Atlantic Ocean and deprived of all access to the outside world managed to capture the imagination of the world and ensure that the plight of South Africa was at the forefront of the thoughts of the world.

In March 1982, Mandela and other senior ANC leaders were transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison. The South African authorities made this move in an effort to eliminate the influence of these senior leaders of the new generation of black activists to eliminate the "University of Mandela." In February 1985, Mandela he was offered his freedom in exchange for renouncing armed struggle, he refused, saying "What freedom am I being offered while the organization of people still being banned? The South African government began secret talks with Mandela in November of that year, had tried everything to silence and had not realized when that no progress of the nation could occur without the participation of Madiba. Mandela was freed in February after nearly three decades of imprisonment, the same month, banning of the ANC and other anti-apartheid groups rose. Mandela, once again took the leadership of the ANC took him to the country's first multiracial elections in April 1994 with the ANC winning Sixty-two percent of the vote. On May 10, 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. He reigned as President from May 1994 until June 1999, presiding over the transition from apartheid, winning international respect for his unwavering defense of national and international reconciliation. After his retirement as president, Mandela has addressed or represented many social and humanitarian organizations.

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