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Introducing Nelson Mandela

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Who was Nelson Mandela?

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

South Africa

Europe

Africa

Middle East

South Africa

SouthAtlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

South Africa

Zimbabwe

Western Cape

Northern Cape

Atlantic Ocean

Cape Town

Cape of Good Hope

Robben IslandTable Bay

Mqhekezweni

Johannesburg

Qunu

Mveso

Namibia

Botswana Mozambique

Lesotho

Indian Ocean

Mpumalanga

Limpopo

Gauteng

North West Province

Eastern Cape

Free StateKwaZulu-Natal

Eswatini*

*Formerly Swaziland

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Meet Rolihlahla in his childhood homes

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Meet Nelson

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Segregation and apartheid

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

The freedom struggle

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

“I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”Nelson Mandela, 1964, Rivonia trial

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

In prison for 27 years

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

The freedom struggle continues

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Freedom and healing

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

“Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”Nelson Mandela, 1994, inauguration speech

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Freedom and healing

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition Learning Resources INTRODUCING NELSON MANDELA

Madiba’s mantra:

Free yourself,

Free others,

Serve every day

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” Nelson Mandela

Live his legacy

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