Nelson
Mandela Long
Walk to
Freedom
Done By – D. Mithra Nivetha
Nelson Mandela
Introduction
• “Nelson Mandela Long Walk to Freedom” is an extract from
Mandela’s autobiography titled “Long walk to freedom”.
• Apartheid – Discrimination between people on the basis of
their race.
• This lesson gives us an overview to how Nelson Mandela
along with the others, carved their way to a society where
there will be no discrimination on the basis of their caste,
color or race.
Description of the inaugural ceremony
• 10th May 1994
• The entire nation along with many international leaders
embraced the victory.
• Speeches by Nelson Mandela, De Klerk and Thabo Mbeki
• Impressive air show of fighter jets and helicopters
Prominent names in the struggle against apartheid
• Oliver Tambo
• Walter Sisulu
• Chief Luthuli
• Yusuf Dadoo
• Bram Fischer
• Robert Sobukwe
Twin obligations
• Obligations to
family, parents, wife and children
• Obligations to
people, community and country
Meaning of freedom to Mandela
• Freedom as a boy – Nelson Mandela lived his childhood like
any normal child in South Africa following the rules and
customs set up by his father and tribe.
• Freedom as a student – He wished for transitory freedoms.
• Freedom as a man– He yearned for basic and honourable
freedoms.
Courage
• Not the absence of fear,
rather the triumph over it.
• Love comes more naturally
to the human heart than the
opposite.
Oppressor/Oppressed
• The oppressor – a prisoner
of hatred locked behind the
bars of prejudice and
narrow mindedness
• The oppressor and the
oppressed alike are robbed
of their humanity.
Thank You