The world celebrates Nelson Mandela

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Mandela with Bafana Bafana

 

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The world celebrates Nelson Mandela

He struggled against oppression of the blacks in South Africa, was imprisoned for almost three decades, and beat apartheid.  Mandela became not just the biggest hero in his country, but a revered [1] celebrity the world over

In 2008 Bono, Amy Winehouse and other major international singing stars played a show in Londonin honor of the man who changed the history of South Africa:  Nelson Mandela.  That year he turned 90. In 2009 it was the USA’s turn to organize a big event (with heavyweight stars) to honor one of the most important peace campaigners of the twentieth century. Mandela’s life has inspired two films produced recently: Goodbye Bafana (2007) and Invictus (2009), which starred the award-winning[2] actor, Morgan Freeman. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in a small South African village on July 18^th 1918. He studied law [3], worked as a lawyer and has been married since 1998 to Grace Machel, his third wife.

  

A tough battle

In 1948 the South African government officially established the racial segregation regime known as “apartheid” in the country. The blacks could not use the same public transport as the whites, or live in the same neighborhoods, or vote, or have the same job opportunities as the whites. It was in that decade that Mandela began his long struggle against apartheid. This cost him his freedom. He wasarrested [4] in 1962 and only set free [5] in 1990. During his years in prison Mandela became the leading symbol of the struggle against racial segregation. Apartheid began to lose its grip [6] in 1990 and was officially ended in 1994, when Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa. A year before he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Matéria publicada na edição de número 55 da revista Maganews.

Áudio – Thiago Ribeiro

Photo (by Nelson Mandela Foundation)

Mandela with Bafana Bafana

Vocabulary

1 to revere – reverenciar / honrar

2 award-winning – premiado (a)

3 law – direito

4 to arrest – prender

5 to set free - libertar

6 to lose its grip – perder a sua força