differentiate themselves from each other. This ideology can be used as a descriptive analogy in comparing and contrasting the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama. While history will always be on their side‚ the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama share unique similarities as well as striking differences. The presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama share unique similarities. The most notable similarity is that their presidencies will hold a significant place in history
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what made it even worse was the fact that people were bowing down to this unjust treatment when there was something that could be done. I was not like these people. I wanted a world where people of all races could live together in harmony and I was prepared to fight for this. While most of you were silent‚ I stood up for all those black people who were too scared to do so for themselves. I Starting out as a leader of an underground political movement called the African National Congress (ANC)‚ with
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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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leader of the African National Congress. People of South Africa‚ today‚ 11 February 1990‚ we are assisting an enormous mistake made by our government‚ Nelson Mandela has been released after 27 years of imprisonment‚ after all the effort done to calm the rebellion of the blacks‚ when we nearly achieved‚ we give them their tyrant leader back. Mandela‚ also called Madiba by his people‚ was arrested in 1962 for sabotage‚ he was the leader of the Umkhonto we Sizwe‚ the armed wing of the African National
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In 1988 Nelson Mandela was still in South Africa’s apartheid prison system‚ where he had been incarcerated for a quarter of a century. He would turn 70 that July and his friend‚ the doughty president of the Anti-Apartheid Movement‚ Archbishop Trevor Huddleston‚ C.R.‚ had suggested that the world should celebrate this birthday. Many young people started pilgrimages from various parts of the United Kingdom‚ and they converged on Hyde Park Corner in London on Nelson’s birthday. The crowd that gathered
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have affected many different peoples and nations. Some did this forcefully‚ and some did this peacefully. One leader who led one of these movements was Nelson Mandela. Another leader who led one of these movements in a similar way was Mahatma Gandhi. Both of these leaders helped bring a great deal of change to their respective nations. Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo‚ South Africa‚ on July 18‚ 1918. His father died
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into form. Effective leaders broadcast a coherent message by themselves embodying their vision‚ as author Margaret Wheatley notes. They keep communicating the vision to create a strong field which then brings their vision into physical reality. Nelson Mandela clearly held a positive vision of a racially harmonious South Africa during his 28 years in jail and helped bring it into reality peacefully-- to the amazement of the
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the 1960s. His renowned ‘I Have a Dream’ speech changed the lives of millions of Americans as King preached equality in Washington‚ D.C. Like these great leaders‚ Nelson Mandela‚ too‚ left behind a legacy.
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contrasting Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk’s nobel peace prize acceptance speeches. They were two men‚ winning the same prize‚ on the same day‚ but both live in two different worlds. F.W. de Klerk missed his opportunity to speak on the reason he won the nobel peace prize‚ Nelson Mandela on the other hand took his opportunity. F.W. de Klerk missed his opportunity to give a speech on why he won the prize‚ he instead went on a rant about the worlds history of war and violence. Nelson Mandela took his
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Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was a beacon of hope for the entire world‚ not only Africa. He showed the world that there is no such thing as impossible. After 27 years in prison‚ “Mandela helped to unite South Africa as it dismantled apartheid‚ the cruel system of white minority rule. He symbolized for all of Africa a commitment to democracy and freedom” (Lochner). He had a rare determination that prevailed despite his suffering. When Mandela was released from prison‚ he became the first democratically
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