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Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
What do you know about Nelson Mandela?
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa after more than three centuries of White rule. He was an anti-apartheid revolutionary who had to spend thirty years in prison for the same. Finally, he was crowned as the president on 10 May, 1994 after the democratic elections of South Africa. He served as the president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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Can you say how 10 May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa?
At the beginning of his speech, Mandela mentions “an extraordinary human disaster”. What does he mean by this? What is the “glorious … human achievement” he speaks of at the end?
What ideals does he set out for the future of South Africa?
What does courage mean to Mandela?
Which does he think is natural, to love or to hate?
What “twin obligations” does Mandela mention?
What did being free mean to Mandela as a boy, and as a student? How does he contrast these “transitory freedoms” with “the basic and honourable freedoms”?
Does Mandela think the oppressor is free? Why/Why not?
Why did such a large number of international leaders attend the inauguration? What did it signify the triumph of?
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