Quite literally, you are the answer to South Africa's abolished apartheid, changing the history of South Africa forever.
Born into South Africa's white government establishment of apartheid, systemized racial segregation that served whites, you sought a way out of the imperialization of whites in South Africa. You then joined ANC, African National Congress, and dedicated yourself to overthrow apartheid. During so you were arrested many times "rebellious" activity. Learning of Marxism you then joined the secret South African Communist Party where you dropped your peaceful methods and formed the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe, which employed guerilla war tactics.
In 1962, you were imprisoned (a life sentence) for conspiring against the government in the hopes of overthrowing the state. Your time exceeded two decades. Two decades and seven years. 27 years you spent in jail. The thing about it was you were offered deals to be granted release however you never took them as they called for you to recant your armed struggle. If the price for true equality was your life, you placed it forward to be paid in full. However, in 1990, came the new president Frederik Willem de Klerk who made the changes you were in jail from and the terms were to par for your long-overdue release. The ban was lifted on the ANC, executions were suspended, and restrictions on political groups were removed.
In 1994, you were sworn into the presidency of the nation. The nation's first black leader. There was finally going to be change and it was hugely because of your life efforts in fighting systemic racism. Within your term came a change of the constitution that was in place beforehand. You changed the laws for Black people to have the right to vote and to the status of a first-class citizen that has long been denied. Your lifework is incredible and has changed the course of history worldwide for time to come. Mr. Mandela, you are a soldier of change, an embodiment of the black fight for freedom. You sir, I can only aspire to inflict half of the change you have brought to so many black lives.
Sincerely,
Kayla Mary Jane
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