https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5 A museum of Nelson Mandela's life journey as well as his the story of his leadership ♥ en-us 2017-08-18 15:12:17 UTC 2023-03-03 00:21:54 UTC hello@padlet.com eh00102 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/181640153 Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th, 1918 into the Mandiba clan in Mvezo, South Africa. His father, Nkosi, died when he was twelve years old.  He received his name Nelson from his school in Qunu. Nelson's goal was to make a contribution to a freedom  struggle for his people in the village. Mandela went to several schools before graduating. He then attended the University College of Fort Hare for a Bachelors and Arts Degree. Although, he did not finish and got expelled for joining a student protest. After furious talks and new jobs at a mine security officer, he graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelors degree.  Afterwards, Mandella started studying for a different degree, although he did not finish it at any of the several colleges he attended. ]]> 2017-08-18 15:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/181640153 ni00707 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/181640546 After the National Party gained power in South Africa in 1948, its all-white government immediately began enforcing existing policies of racial segregation under a system of legislation that it called apartheid. Under apartheid, nonwhite South Africans (a majority of the population) would be forced to live in separate areas from whites and use separate public facilities, and contact between the two groups would be limited. By 1950, the government had banned marriages between whites and people of other races, and prohibited sexual relations between black and white South Africans. Resistance to apartheid within South Africa took many forms over the years, from non-violent demonstrations, protests and strikes to political action and eventually to armed resistance. ]]> 2017-08-18 15:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/181640546 es01340 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/181640759 Throughout his journey, Mandela has been thought of as one of the most influential leaders to this day. He was never a perfect man but he  knew how to present himself. It was not Mandela's speaking that made him stand out but his attention to symbolism. When you are told to think of a leader, usually one's thought would direct them to someone who would never quit. Nelson, however, felt otherwise . Sometimes to succeed you have to quit, but quitting doesn't automatically mean failure. Mandela understood the fact that with leadership sometimes you have to abandon an idea to keep pushing forward. Never look back to the past , look to the future. With leadership, Mandela felt that he did not necessarily need to be the head of the pact. He believed that you should let others be in the lead to feel a sense of hope but was always there lingering in the background. Mandela continued to  lead even when the world was black and white.]]> 2017-08-18 15:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/181640759 es01340 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/182104996 http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1821659-2,00.html

http://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/nelson-mandela-fight-against-apartheid

http://fortune.com/2014/12/05/6-principles-that-made-nelson-mandela-a-renowned-leader/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201312/why-nelson-mandela-was-great-leader

http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela ]]> 2017-08-22 15:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/182104996 ni00707 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/182110390 In 1976, when thousands of black children in Soweto, a black township outside Johannesburg, demonstrated against the Afrikaans language requirement for black African students, the police opened fire with tear gas and bullets. Under pressure from the international community, the National Party government of Pieter Botha sought to institute some reforms, including abolition of the pass laws and the ban on interracial sex and marriage. A new constitution, which enfranchised blacks and other racial groups, took effect in 1994, and elections that year led to a coalition government with a nonwhite majority, marking the official end of the apartheid system.]]> 2017-08-22 15:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/182110390 dg01354 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/182110482 Nelson Mandela spent more than 40 years, 27 of them in prison, as a central figure in the struggle against South Africa’s brutal and restrictive racial regime. He was South Africa's 1st ever black president. Under the apartheid, the South African population was divided into four distinct racial groups: white, black, colored, and Indian. Strict residential, economic, and social segregation was enforced on the basis of these racial categories. Non-whites were not allowed to vote in national election. Moreover, apartheid saw the institution of the “homeland system,” in which the government sought to establish separate states for members of each of the country’s many black ethnic groups. While non-whites were confined to squalid ghettos with few decent educational and employment opportunities, whites were afforded the basic privileges of life in a democracy.]]> 2017-08-22 15:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/182110482 dg01354 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183689109 Mandela looked ahead and could see that South Africa’s system of apartheid would not survive into the future. From his prison cell, he strategically assessed his moves and anticipated reactions. Mandela stood out among prisoners and guards as a man of principle and dignity, willing to sacrifice his life for his beliefs. Despite harsh prison life, Mandela mustered energy to challenge his keepers. Mandela studied the errors of Robert Mugabe in bordering Zimbabwe whose brutal dictatorship resulted in the country’s demise. He recognized that South Africa could follow in Zimbabwe’s footsteps, unless he practiced racial harmony. After being elected South Africa’s first black president, Mandela announced he would serve only one term, though two were permissible. He understood rallying the country and bridging diverse interests meant making room for others.  For most of his life, Mandela was a socialist and even a Marxist. He was suspicious of free markets and private ownership, given the abuses he witnessed.]]> 2017-08-30 14:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183689109 eh00102 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183691492 Before Mandela's imprisonment, he was involved with politics in the 1940s. He was a part of the African National Congress in 1944. That same year, he married a woman named Evelyn Mase and had four children. They divorced several years after. After battles about apartheid and racism, he was arrested in 1955. Years after during the trial, he remarried and had two daughters. During the trial he travelled to different countries for conferences. He was then asked to lead a strike against his beliefs on non-racism. In 1962, he took a fake name and left South Africa. After traveling to different countries and got military training, he was arrested for leaving the country without a permit. He was involved in sabotaging the trial with several other men. He was prosecuted and sentenced to life imprisonment. ]]> 2017-08-30 14:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183691492 dg01354 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183692213 Mandela lived for 27 years in prison, mostly on Robben Island, where every day with a small hammer he broke rocks apart in the blazing sun only to retreat into his only home, an 8x8 cell. 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. One of the clear things that propelled Mandela to greatness amidst his suffering and depersonalization in prison, was forgiving his jailors, feeling compassion for those who had caused him pain and his desire for reconciliation. Mandela had the capacity to transcend himself for the sake of those around him and higher causes. His personal pain at causing his family to suffer, seeing the nation he led sink into corruption, and admitting his own mistakes, after all he fought for after his release from prison, never overwhelmed him nor stopped his resolve to make things better. Mandela once said, “one of the most difficult things is not to change society—but to change yourself.”

]]> 2017-08-30 14:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183692213 es01340 https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183696836 Although Mandela was sentenced to life in confinement, he still managed to earn a bachelor of law degree from the University of London. He became a mentor to his fellow prisoners and taught them to rebel through non violent resistance. It was here where Mandela even wrote the rough draft for his autobiography that would later be released after five years. Later on in 1980, a man named Oliver Tambo created the "Free Nelson Mandela" campaign. After much pressure, the government agreed to a compromise to set Nelson Mandela free. However, it was not until 1990 that Mandela was officially freed under the new presidency of F.W. de Klerk. With his new freedom, Mandela became the president of the ANC. He brought peace and helped with race relationships. After his leaving office, Mandla became a vocal advocate of AIDS awareness in 2002 in which the disease later claimed his son, Makgatho, taking his life. As the years went on, Mandela himself faced health issues become more and more frail. It was on December 5th, 2013 that Nelson Mandela died of a lung infection. While his life was a struggle, Mandela will always be remembered for his service and willingness for peace.]]> 2017-08-30 14:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/es01340/Mandela_Museum_P5/wish/183696836