As a result, for significant workings
to abolish apartheid and devotion to
peace, Nelson Mandela was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 which
he shared with then President of
South Africa, F. W. de Klerk.
Subsequently, in 1994, Mandela was
chosen the President of South Africa
in its first genuinely democratic, nonracial election and continued
presidency until 1999 since he denied
The glorious life of Nelson
Mandela ended on December 5,
2013 at his age of 95. Though
he has left us verbally, but he is
still present as a fairy-tale
character in the heart of millions of
people around the globe in which a
life experienced so many ups and
downs, where a prisoner became a
president.
Farhana Afrin holds a Masters
of International Relations and
is a communication and
information expert.
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After Nelson Mandela was released
in 1990 he emerged as the leading
domination in his country, without
whom harmony was unlikely. Upon
his release, Mandela put himself
earnestly into his life's effort; aiming
to obtain the ambitions he and his
associates had designed around 4
decades earlier.
a second term. During his years as
the President, Mandela promoted
reconciliation,
the
harmonious
determination of gripes after decades
of restraining laws against the black
South Africans. There‘s no doubt that
without Mandela's leadership, South
Africa at that period might have
descended into a grisly civil war. In
1994,
Mandela
revealed
his
autobiography "Long Walk to
Freedom" where he has shown that it
was neither an easy walk to
freedom; success and peace
cannot be acquired without
fighting difficulties. Even after
the presidency, he did not stop
to work for the stability and
peace of his country. And it
needs not to tell that only a true
patriot can do that best as he did
in his lifetime for his nation.
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rigidly and did not lose hope at any
cost.