Famous Thinkers Sandra Faye PHL/458/ Creative Minds and Critical Thinking April 22‚ 2010 Famous Thinkers By this time‚ 2013‚ the world has been blessed with a good handful of creative thinkers who have greatly contributed to their communities‚ thus‚ to the world. Nelson Mandela and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr are to excellent examples of outside the box thinkers who strove
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Nadine Gordimer was born on November 20‚ 1923 in Transvaal‚ South Africa. She was raised in a small mining town‚ and from a young age she witnessed the racial discrimination black people faced in her country. These injustices transformed her outlook on life and inspired her to become a writer. Since then‚ she has gone on to become one of the most famous anti-apartheid writers‚ giving a voice to black people at a time when they were constantly silenced. Gordimer‚ as a white woman‚ speaks about the
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After being in prison for nearly 30 years‚ then becoming the President of South Africa‚ Nelson Mandela became a hero to many people around the world. Through a strong‚ inspiring career‚ Mandela is one of the most powerful and influential men in South African history. Mandela wasn’t a hero from day one. He was born on the 18th of July in 1918. Born in Transkei‚ South Africa‚ Mandela was the son of Henry Mandela. His father was a Xhosa chief in Transkei (Bio. Com 1). Mandela’s father gave him
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The term ‘leadership’ has no definition‚ for it is defined different ways in the minds of people. A leader will ingrain a sense of positivity and necessity towards the set goal using the power of written and spoken word. The qualities of a leader differentiate between between each society. At the height of its power (16th-17th century)‚ the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents long. The Ottoman Empire controlled Southeastern Europe‚ Western Asia‚ and North Africa. It contained twenty-nine provinces
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Social/Governmental Change A. Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela became the first president of South Africa in an election that allowed all South African citizens to vote. Shortly after his inauguration‚ Mandela appointed a cabinet that would represent his county’s diverse political and ethnic groups. He chose members from the African National Congress‚ the Inkatha Freedom Party and the National party. In addition‚ he held discussions with the Right Wing Conservative Party and sent one of his associates to talk with the
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racial separation legalised by the national government of South Africa. Nelson Mandela the first ever black president of South Africa abolished apartheid after a 27 year imprisonment after his first attempt to advocate armed resistance to apartheid. Nelson Mandela a coloured man born on July 18 1918 in Mvezo South Africa an anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as president of south Africa from 1994 to 1999. As the youngest on of respected African chief Rolihlahla (nelson) was offered
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represented the “canary in the coal mine” if victory was to be obtainable.Visionary He was a Xhosa‚ yet ethnicity did not make him myopic. Further‚ he understood that in order for South Africa‚ much less the African continent‚ to unite‚ there had to be a common denominator — that of being an African. That‚ in itself‚ was a revolutionary act‚ because at those times Africa was merely a geographical location and not a mentality. He was what so many of us strive to be‚ an upright moral crusader for social
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Scott Lean Apartheid- against In 1993 South Africa became a democratic country with Nelson Mandela as the first black president of a multi-racial South Africa. This then became the end of the apartheid political system which controlled South Africa since 1947. Many historians believe that it was Nelson Mandela that ended apartheid and others believe that it was different factors such as economic sanctions‚ boycotts‚ and other factors. Historians have different interpretations. An interpretation
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Nelson Mandela is a South African leader who spent years in prison for opposing apartheid‚ the policy by which the races were separated and whites were given power over blacks in South Africa. Upon his release from prison‚ Mandela became the first president of a black-majority-ruled South Africa in which apartheid was officially ended. A symbol of hope for many‚ Mandela is also a former winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Youth and education Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in a small village in
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sake of the national interests and higher causes. He was a peace maker who intended to reinstate the apartheid law of South Africa with multi-racial democracy. Nelson
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