TASK 1 * Name * Rolihlahla “Nelson” Mandela * Years Lived * 1918-2013 * Birthplace * Mvezo, South Africa * Early life * Nelson Mandela was born in a small South African village on July 18th, 1918. He was named “Nelson” by one of his teachers. He was the youngest son and had the opportunity to go to school. * Contributions to society * Mandela is best known for his fight against white oppression in South Africa. He first showed his dedication to the cause in the 1940’s when he became increasingly involved in the National African Congress Party. It was a group varying races united with the aim of bringing political change and racial equality in South Africa, with a no-violence policy. Mandela, a senior member, left the country to receive military training and find funding for the party, such was his fierce determination to achieve equality in South Africa. Mandela taught what activism really meant, he ended the apartheid, he was the first black and democratically elected president of South Africa, and he stayed determined, even after 27 years of incarceration. * Quotes * “No one is born hating another person because of [their] skin, or [their] background, or [their] religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite” * “ Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell and got back up again” * “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” * Books * Long Walk to Freedom * The Struggle is my Life * In His Own Words * Why is he considered a model of morality? * I think Nelson Mandela is considered a model of Morality