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 Nelson Mandela
-Dr Elizabeth Vibert
+Dr. Elizabeth Vibert
 Kai Stevenson
 
+	Nelson Mandela is today regarded as the father of the South Africa, largely due to his exceptional ability to leverage structural factors towards the creation of a democratic and equal "rainbow" South Africa.
+Mandela was uniquely able to unite the country, while advocating for the well-being of the most oppressed groups. His eloquence in speaking, bravery in the face of imprisonment, and compassion make him a great man, who happened to be born at the right time to make a massive impact on the lives of South Africans.
+	In the 1600s, the Dutch were the first to colonize what is now South Africa. The Dutch East India company created a small supply station on the south-western tip of South Africa. Spreading in-land, the colonists came into contact with Indigenous residents of the continent. Later, the British began to exert their influence over this Cape Town colony, continuing to spread eastward and taking over many more regions of what would later become South Africa. 
+In their desire to extract raw resources and expand their settlements, the British required a great deal of labour. To this end, they looked towards the African natives; initially following a policy of enslavement, they later moved towards employing migrant labour, by relocating rural Africans into the mines and cities. At this time, the controlling white minority made up only 19% of the population.
+	Into the late 1900s, things continued much like this. The election of the far right National Party further codified in law the role of black Africans, and and formalized the Apartheid system. The formalizaiton, however, was unclear at best. Attempts to define individuals as white or black relied on what was "commonly accepted," an evidently subjective means.
+Mandela was at this time a member of the African National Congress, a political action group dedicated to forwarding the interests of black Africans. He described his time at the Fort Hare university as a time where we learned to listen to others and empathize with their concerns, while others described him as a humble man who would always hear out his peers. 
+These skills naturally positioned him for political advocacy, and advocate he did. Mandela, with the ANC, collected wishes from South Africans for a free country, and led to the creation of the Freedom Charter. He began to push increasingly for armed resistance. After the Sharpeville massacre, when the police shot and killed 29 children, the international community turned on South Africa. Mandela was sentected to life in prison. However, even in prison, his words resonated with the people, and the government eventually negotiated his release. He was elected as president in the first non-racial election. Mandela was evidently a great man.
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