TRIBUTE
Tribute to the Father of South Africa
-M.Shreya
Nelson Mandela was the first elected President of
South Africa. He was also the first black President of
the country. In South Africa, he is known by the
titles, ‘the father of the nation’, ‘the founding father
of democracy’, ‘the national liberator, the savior , its
Washington and Lincoln rolled into one’ .Within a
decade after the end of his Presidency, Mandela's era
was being widely thought of as "a golden age of hope
and harmony". Across the world, Mandela earned
international acclaim for his activism in overcoming
apartheid and fostering racial reconciliation , coming
to be viewed as "a moral authority" with a great
"concern for truth".
FACTS:
1.
18 July 1918: Mandela was born in the village
of Mvezo in Umtata, then a part of South
Africa's Cape Province.
2. 1934–40: Mandela began his secondary
education at Clarkebury Methodist High
School Engcobo. Completing his Junior
Certificate in two years, in 1937 he moved
to Healdtown, the Methodist College in Fort
Beaufort. Later, Mandela began work on a
Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree at the University
of Fort Hare.
3. 1943–49:
Beginning
law
studies
at
the University of Witwatersrand, Mandela was
the only native African student.
4. 1950: Mandela was ele