Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid was a policy, which occurred during the year 1948 to 1991. Apartheid means that when people are being discriminated based on their skin color. This was one of the major problem because most of the people had the same jobs however people used to get paid differently because of the color of their skin. However there was one man who was there to fight the right and independence, he was called Nelson Mandela. The reason he was considered a hero was because he was fighting for freedom and to keep peace in. However the people thought that he might start a revolution so before he does they sentenced him to life in prison. After 27 of imprisonment he was freed. Nelson Mendela was given a Nobel Prize and soon he was elected for President of South Africa.

African Independence

Africa changed so much in the year of 1955 to 1975 because there were more colonies during 1955 then in 1975. In 1955 most of the colonies were controlled by the British. Africa had a non-violence leader called Kwame Nkrumah. He protested and refused to go against the British to get independence. Kwame wanted to make Africa like the United States. He provided people with health, welfare and economic growth. The leader in Africa wanted to industrialize however they couldn’t because they did not have enough money to improve Africa’s industrialization. Another reason they couldn’t industrialize was because most of the leader were corrupted.