Article: South Africa 20 Years after Mandela release (CNN World)
This journal article covers the extensive work accomplished by Mandela in his lifelong struggle to find a peaceful solution to the conflicting political parties of South Africa. He grew up in a royal family, though he was unable to inherit any position of power in government. Despite this, Mandela still voiced his opinions and became a prominent figure in the history of South African politics. He was always outspoken, and tried to find nonviolent ways of dealing with political challenges-especially regarding the tense relationship between blacks and whites during and after apartheid.
Several weeks ago the school's Amnesty International group had a discussion about apartheid and planned a field trip to the movie theater to watch Invictus. Invicus is a recently released movie about Mandela's struggle to reach peace in South Africa after his release from jail, and how he accomplished it through the nation's rugby team. I think this article is a solid follow-up to that movie, highlighting the great challenges and victories that Mandela, both major political parties of South Africa, and its citizens experienced during that time. This subject is intriguing, and I am especially perplexed- and slightly embarassed (I will admit)- that I had so little knowledge of this great human struggle. Although he is not perfect, no human is, his dreams and great aspirations for his beloved country should be an inspiration to all.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/02/10/mandela.anniversary/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
Invictus Poem: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/invictus/
Invictus Movie: http://invictusmovie.warnerbros.com/
Mandela Bio: http://www.anc.org.za/people/mandela.html
Amnesty International: http://www.amnestyusa.org/
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