Mandela Long Walk To Freedom Analysis

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Conclusion From this paper I can conclude the following: The Dutch came to South Africa in 1652, because the Dutch East India Trading Company moved to the Cape of Good Hope. They got a long okay with the natives and they lived in somewhat peace. When the British came to the country in 1820, because of the raising unemployment in the UK, they wanted more power. This resulted in the Boer-wars, in 1880 and 1899. The British lost the first Boer-war, but with help from 5 other countries/colonies, they won the second. This was where Apartheid slowly started. The British undermined the natives and the Dutch. By 1950 the relatively new government started to make apartheid into laws, and that is when Mandela decided to become an activist, and fight side by side with his friends. Apartheid went on for all the 27 Mandela was in prison. People demonstrated against apartheid, and they wanted to “Free Mandela” (free Mandela was the name of a big campaign that his own daughter was a active part of). …show more content…

The movie: “Mandela – Long walk to freedom” is a very good movie to show what happened while apartheid went on. The facts are all on point, and it makes the viewer calm that it is produced from Mandela’s own

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