Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Revolutionary (Crabtree Groundbreaker Biographies)

Dakers, Diane

ISBN 10: 0778712419 ISBN 13: 9780778712411

Verlag: CRABTREE PUB, 2014

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Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela became a symbol in the fight against the oppression of the black majority by South Africa's apartheid government. The first in his family to attend school, Mandela was given the English name Nelson by his teacher on his first day. As Mandela moved up the educational ladder, he became more and more involved in social justice. When he became a lawyer, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), an organization whose purpose was to increase the rights of black South Africans. In 1961, Mandela helped found a military branch of the ANC that used guerrilla attacks against the government. His imprisonment became a rallying point for black South Africansand eventually the world. International pressure against the government helped bring about the end of apartheid and Mandela's release in 1990. Mandela was elected president, serving from 1994 to 1999, and remains a figure revered and loved by his grateful nation.

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In her 24-year media career, Diane Dakers has written for most of Canada's major daily newspapers and a number of national and regional magazines and weekly publications. Her voice has been heard on local, national, and provincial radio stations, and she has been a television host, reporter, producer, and writer. Diane holds a Master of Journalism degree from Carleton University in Ottawa. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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• Verlag: CRABTREE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0778712419
• ISBN 13: 9780778712411
• Einband: Encuadernación de biblioteca
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112