Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

This term our class has been learning about a very famous person called
Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela helped get rid of the apartheid.Nelson Mandela
won the Nobel peace prize. He was arrested four times for what
he believed in.

Firstly, From 1948 until 1994 Nelson Mandela  fought peacefully against apartheid.
He worked with Indian, coloured and Muslims to help achieve  his goal. During his
time working to abolish apartheid Nelson Mandela had to serve 27 years in prison.
Once he got out of prison he worked with the  president of South Africa to get rid of
apartheid. 3 years after Nelson Mandela got out of prison he won the Nobel peace
prize for a peaceful ending to apartheid.

Secondly, In 1993 Nelson Mandela won the Nobel peace prize. Frederik Willem
de Klerk also won the Nobel peace prize at the same time as Nelson Mandela.
They won the Nobel peace prize for their peacefully  getting rid of the apartheid.

Thirdly,  Nelson Mandela was sent to prison He was arrested and imprisoned in
1962, and sentenced to life in prison for trying to overthrow the government following
one  of his Trials. Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, going between Robben
Island, Pollsmoor Prison, and Victor Verster Prison. He spent 5 years at Robben
Island breaking rocks.  He was freed from prison by President F. W. de Klerk.

Finally,  Nelson Mandela is still very famous and important person in history and
he still is today.  Nelson Mandela is very famous for working to peacefully get rid
of the apartheid. He also won the  Nobel peace prize. During his lifetime Nelson
Mandela was arrested four times. I personally think that Nelson Mandela was a
great man and what he did affects us today because everybody now has equal
rights because of what he did.