Nelson Mandela was the first president within the anti-apartheid era, representing South Africa from...

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Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was the first president within the anti-apartheid era, representing South Africa from 1994-1999. He directed a non-violent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies along side F.W. de Klerk. *He utilized the South Africa rugby team to promote his ideals on apartheid

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Page 1: Nelson Mandela was the first president within the anti-apartheid era, representing South Africa from 1994- 1999. He directed a non-violent defiance against.

Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela was the first president within the anti-apartheid era, representing South Africa from 1994-1999. He directed a non-violent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies along side F.W. de Klerk.

*He utilized the South Africa rugby team to promote his ideals on apartheid

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F. W. DeKlerk

Was the seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. De Klerk was also leader of the National Party (which later became the New National Party) from February 1989 to September 1997.

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Apartheid Was a system of racial segregation enforced through legislation by the National Party (NP) governments, who were the ruling party from 1948 to 1994, of South Africa, under which the rights of the majority black inhabitants of South Africa were curtailed and white supremacy and Afrikaner minority rule was maintained.

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Nonalignment

• Nonalignment is when African countries did not favor a side during the cold war.

• +• This is a diagram of countries that were

unaligned.

Member countries Observer countries

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu

• In 1984 Archbishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent work to end apartheid as well as to bring equality for the people in South Africa. In 1986 he became the first black person to be Archbishop in the Anglican Church of South Africa.

• Archbishop Tutu continues his role as a world leader in the struggle for human rights. He believes that all people are God’s children, and members of the same family