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Nelson Mandela is a very important man. He was active in an organization named African national congress (ANC). The most important debate was racial segregation in South Africa. He believed that to overcome racial segregation, black and white people had to live together in peace. It would be no help in “throwing out” the white people. New nonviolent resistance methods were therefore used. Boycotting campaigns, mass demonstrations, and other forms of civil disobedience were put on the agenda. In 1952, the first nationwide protest against apartheid was initiated by the ANC. The campaign gained tremendous support and was named the Disobedience Campaign. Hundreds of blacks were shot and killed while many were reportedly outlawed. Among them was Nelson Mandela. This was the first time he was arrested and wanted outlaw.
He was sentenced for several things. He was being arrested unfairly. Throughout South Africa, people marched in demonstration protests against the prison. He had now become the very epitome of black liberation in South Africa. When he was released, 100,000 people came to honor him. He then played a central role in the negotiations leading to the first free elections in South Africa's history, and a formal abolition of apartheid in 1994.
Mandela is a role model for many people because of all the work he did for racial segregation, he believed that both black and white people could get along and live together. He never stopped fighting for the rights of black people. He went undercover even when he was sentenced to prison to work with the peace. When he finally went to prison he still accomplished many things even from there. Everything I wrote about him is a great example of why he is a role model for so many. He went from being an average lawyer to being one of the most important persons in the world. If he hadn't done what he did, the world especially South Africa would maybe be in a different way.
My role model is my grandfather. My grandfather was a politician back in the day, but he is retired now. My home country Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan before. Bangladesh became its own country in the 1970s. My grandfather was in that debate about getting bangladesh out of Pakistan. He also was the first Bengali in Norway. He brought many Bengalis to Bergen. He has done many great things in his life. It isn't near what Mandela did but he is important for some of us Bengalis here in Bergen. He is my role model because if he hadn't found a way to get Bengalis into Bergen I probably wouldn't live here in Bergen in this fantastic community.
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