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Alex Cabrera

NELSON MANDELA By: SIMON BEECROFT

The title of the book is NELSON MANDELA, the author name is SIMON MANDELA. This person is important because he was inprison for twenty-seven and than was released from prison on sunday, february 11, 1990.when he got out of praison he started to fight for egual rights for black africans.He also fought for the end of segregation called 'apartheid'.

This person is fomous because he help black africans have the sames rights as the white africans did. NELSON MANDELA, OLIVER TAMBO, WALTER SISULU, and several others form the group called anc which helped the black commuities in africa. But then was inpraison. when he got out he started to do evrything all over agian so he could help black people have the same rights as white africas did. in 1958 he marries nomzamo winifred madikizela, who becaomes popularly known as wimmie mandela. in 1960 while his still in praison he tells another members to start a protest for equal rights but police man killed a lot of them and another were injured. But he sill didn't give up.

The characteristics that made this person is that he start a group called the **anc** that helps black africans have the same rights as white africans did. He also opened a law practice in johannesbrug with his friend oliver tambo. Mandela became commander in chief of umkhonto we sizwe which means spear of the nation, the military wing of the anc. while in prison he beggin secret talks with the goverment.

This person contributed to his dreams by never giveing up on what he wanted. even when he went to prison he did not give up on black africans. They afford him his freedom on the conditon that he renounces political violence but he refuse the afford that show that he showed contrilbuted to his dreams.

I part of the life i admire the most is that he went to prison for twenty-seven years. and got out to help the black africans.