Question

. 3 Read the text on Nelson Mandela and answer the questions.
What was Nelson Mandela's real name and what did it mean in the Xhosa language?
His name was Rolihlahla and it meant troublemaker.
1 Why did he move to Johannesburg?
2 What did he and Oliver Tambo do in 1952?
3 Who boycotted South Africa when Mandela was sentenced to life in prison?
4 How did Mandela communicate with other prisoners on Robben Island?
5 How did Mandela earn the respect of his guards?
6 When did he win the Nobel Peace Prize?​​

Answer 1

Răspuns:

1. He moved to Johannesburg  to study law and to avoid arranged marriage.

2. In 1952, Nelson and Oliver Tambo established the first black legal practice in his country.

3. Many countries boycotted South Africa, as part of a global Anti-Apartheid Movement

4. Mandela was communicating with other prisoners by writing on the toilet paper.

5.Mandela earned the respect of the guards by learning their Afrikaans language and culture, and always behaved with dignity and self-control.

6. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992

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