Conflicts in South Africa
Nelson Mandela was born into a nation plagued with conflicts.South Africa’s conflicts began as early as 1652,when the Dutch colonized South Africa. Years later,in 1815, Britain took control of the Dutch colonized South Africa which created further conflicts. According to the Nelson Mandela Foundation,since the colonization of South Africa, the country struggled with conflicts between the Dutch and british and white people and black people. It is from the conflict between white people and black people that Mandela made the decision to join the African National Congress and fight for justice between both racial groups. The conflict between races further affected Mandela’s life. As bbc.co.uk notes,Mandela was arrested due to an accusation of plotting to overthrow the government and by his affiliation to the anit-apertheid movement.
Politics in South Africa
Conflicts also rose in South Africa’s political world. Since South Africa was colonized by white settlers, Mandela lived in a country where the government consisted of mostly white politicians. Black people were greatly outnumbered in politics, thus they had little say in any government decisions. In 1948, the lack of representation of black citizens caused the Afrikaner dominated National party to thrive in the election and make apartheid, or racial segregation, a law. was always to create a non-radical and democratic South Africa. Nelson realized that a peaceful protest was getting them to no where, after the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960. Soon most of the member were on the run, due to the ban of ACN but were eventually caught, though they never stopped fighting against the Apartheid. Mandela took the lack of political justice as a source of encouragement in his work with the African National Congress, and his election as the first black president of South Africa in 1994. Mandela joined the African National Congress, which united the African Americans against while majority ruling.
Issues in South Africa
In South Africa the big issue was Apartheid. Apartheid literally meant, “Apart hood,” meaning this is a system of racial segregation. Under legalization most black inhabitants were reduced while Dutch was maintained minority who were the ones who ruled the colonies at the time. Apartheid was the main issue that was present during Nelson Mandela’s life which brought him to become a leader and fight for his people to be the ones to rule their own country, not others.
Society in South Africa
Nelson Mandela was from South Africa and at the time his group or ethnicity group weren't favored. They were the worst of the worst. The British/Dutch government believed that the South African people did not deserve rights. His people were really censored. They had nothing no rights, most were poor, and most of them had poor education. Nelson's directed his campaign towards peaceful, non violent retaliation to the government. He was later imprisoned and that ended up having a huge effect on his social life. His biggest issue with the society was the racial inequality and the un far laws to most people. Also your skin color determined a lot about how you were treated and whether or not you had rights or not.
Culture in South AfricaNelson's concern with culture came along with his long walk to freedom. He argued," without language, one can not talk to other people or understand them. Since the government were British/Dutch, and the natives in South Africa did not understand them. So how were they supposed to defend themselves and say that they deserve rights. Nelson's dad was a chief so he grew up seeing a leader in his house, so he was learning the traits since young. His father taught him how to be a leader and how to stand up for what he believed in.
Nelson Mandela was born into a nation plagued with conflicts.South Africa’s conflicts began as early as 1652,when the Dutch colonized South Africa. Years later,in 1815, Britain took control of the Dutch colonized South Africa which created further conflicts. According to the Nelson Mandela Foundation,since the colonization of South Africa, the country struggled with conflicts between the Dutch and british and white people and black people. It is from the conflict between white people and black people that Mandela made the decision to join the African National Congress and fight for justice between both racial groups. The conflict between races further affected Mandela’s life. As bbc.co.uk notes,Mandela was arrested due to an accusation of plotting to overthrow the government and by his affiliation to the anit-apertheid movement.
Politics in South Africa
Conflicts also rose in South Africa’s political world. Since South Africa was colonized by white settlers, Mandela lived in a country where the government consisted of mostly white politicians. Black people were greatly outnumbered in politics, thus they had little say in any government decisions. In 1948, the lack of representation of black citizens caused the Afrikaner dominated National party to thrive in the election and make apartheid, or racial segregation, a law. was always to create a non-radical and democratic South Africa. Nelson realized that a peaceful protest was getting them to no where, after the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960. Soon most of the member were on the run, due to the ban of ACN but were eventually caught, though they never stopped fighting against the Apartheid. Mandela took the lack of political justice as a source of encouragement in his work with the African National Congress, and his election as the first black president of South Africa in 1994. Mandela joined the African National Congress, which united the African Americans against while majority ruling.
Issues in South Africa
In South Africa the big issue was Apartheid. Apartheid literally meant, “Apart hood,” meaning this is a system of racial segregation. Under legalization most black inhabitants were reduced while Dutch was maintained minority who were the ones who ruled the colonies at the time. Apartheid was the main issue that was present during Nelson Mandela’s life which brought him to become a leader and fight for his people to be the ones to rule their own country, not others.
Society in South Africa
Nelson Mandela was from South Africa and at the time his group or ethnicity group weren't favored. They were the worst of the worst. The British/Dutch government believed that the South African people did not deserve rights. His people were really censored. They had nothing no rights, most were poor, and most of them had poor education. Nelson's directed his campaign towards peaceful, non violent retaliation to the government. He was later imprisoned and that ended up having a huge effect on his social life. His biggest issue with the society was the racial inequality and the un far laws to most people. Also your skin color determined a lot about how you were treated and whether or not you had rights or not.
Culture in South AfricaNelson's concern with culture came along with his long walk to freedom. He argued," without language, one can not talk to other people or understand them. Since the government were British/Dutch, and the natives in South Africa did not understand them. So how were they supposed to defend themselves and say that they deserve rights. Nelson's dad was a chief so he grew up seeing a leader in his house, so he was learning the traits since young. His father taught him how to be a leader and how to stand up for what he believed in.