Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid was a policy of racial segregation in South African from 1948 to 1994. This policy separated the Bantu (black), the Colored (mixed), and the Indians from the white minority. They were restricted in parliamentary elections, public facilities and even marital status. they were all dominated by the White minority. But the people of South Africa started to get tired and they started to take action. Nelson Mandel was an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the African National Congress(ANC). He was later sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage after he went underground and began the ANC's armed struggle. He was imprisoned for nearly 27 years. For that he was considered a hero, for not becoming a rebel while he was in jail and for fairly doing his time as he was told. But as soon as he got out of jail, his point of view changed and thought that violence was necessary. Many authors admired him because he self-sacrificed himself and was a fighter and some authors even said " Instead of bowing down to this unjust system of government, he became a lifelong warrior in the battle to free South Africa". Greatly he was admired.