Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

To me Apartheid was a time of racsim. It was when the colored people didn't have any rights at all. For example the colored couldn't vote because many public facilities and institutions were restricted to use only one race. And that race was for the white.
Nelson Mandela had fought for Unity and Liberation. Growing up in south africa was very hard for Mandela. During his time of growing up there was the Apartheid. This system made it very unfair to him because doing simple things like drinking from the wrong water fountain can get you thrown in jail. Like another example is you can have the same job as your neighbor but just because your colored and their white they will get paided much more than you. The money you get in a year is how much they will earn in a week.
Nelson Mandela is admired because he never gave up. He fought back until he got what he wanted.

African Independence

Africa had changed over a 20 year time period. The reason why it changed was because there was to many colonies. For example some colonies were Sudan, Algeria and South West Africa. But mostly all of these colonies were changed to independent countries.
One ruler was Kwame Nkrumah and he lead the british nations. He was a former teacher that spent many years studing in United States. He worked to liberate the Gold Coast from the british. Nkrumah put together boycotts and strikes and was often put in prison by the british government. The Gold Coast took the name Ghana. The name honored the West African Kingdom. This was the first nation governed by black African.
Another ruler was Mobutu that ruled Zaire for 32 years. To rule he used force, party rules and gifts to supporters. Zaire was one of the richest countries in Africa. But it was reduced under Mobutu's rule to be one of the countries poorest. Mobutu was accused of looting the country of billions of dollars.