British civilization

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South Africa was a country colonized by a lot of European people such as The Dutch people (the Boer and Afrikaners) and the British.This period of colonialism was the target of several battles, and one of the most famous is the Anglo-Boer War (1988-1902), which was a bloody war and a lot of people were killed in both camps and among the Afrikaners too. British soldiers created concentration camps to imprison Boer soldiers. A few years after this war, the white-skinned people of South Africa erected a system of racial discrimination against the dark-skinned peoples of their own land. The society was based on segregation and black people had not se same rights as white people. These discrimination's in fact illustrate the beginning of Apartheid.

Apartheid was a system of racial discrimination based on the domination of the Whites upon the Blacks. It started in 1948 in Africa. It considered that people who had to govern were those from European descent. It also created some "groups" made according to each gender and each color of people.

The vice was pushed into creating some townships, were Black people lived in poverty, out of the "white cities" (we've got an illustration of this situation in the movie "Tsotsi"). Apartheid was abolished in 1994. Mandela denounces the policy of Apartheid, which created a deep wound in South Africa, a wound which is difficult to "cure". Nevertheless, he pointed out the positive aspects of Apartheid, such as the rising of people who struggled for the equality and integrity.

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[...] This period of colonialism was the target of several battles, and one of the most famous is the Anglo-Boer War (1988-1902), which was a bloody war and a lot of people were killed in both camps and among the Afrikaners too. British soldiers created concentration camps to imprison Boer soldiers. A few years after this war, the white-skinned people of South Africa erected a system of racial discrimination against the dark-skinned peoples of their own land. The society was based on segregation and black people had not se same rights as white people. [...]

[...] Mandela also says that he saw a lot of people struggle for their ideas into death , and that is why today people are on an equal footing, thanks to these guys who died for equality and for their ideas of a better world. The message of peace of Mandela Even if Mandela was arrested in the sixties and sentenced to life imprisonment, he does not seem very "angry" against people. That is a characteristic of this man who seems to be a constant pacifist. In fact, he was imprisoned because of his ideas, because he was looking for a better world. He finally was released in February 1990, after a lot of riots of people who were against discrimination. [...]

[...] Through this autobiography, we can see that Mandela was an activist for peace and equality. Mandela was elected President a few years after he walked out of prison and he received the Nobel Price for Peace in 1994. South Africa entered the Commonwealth as an independent State, consulting and co-operating in the common interests of its peoples, looking for international understanding and world peace. As a conclusion, we can say that all the fights were not useless because South Africa finally became an independent State with human rights, the equality of its citizens and no more segregation. [...]

[...] It also created some "groups" made according to each gender and each color of people. The vice was pushed into creating some townships, were Black people lived in poverty, out of the "white cities" (we've got an illustration of this situation in the movie "Tsotsi"). Apartheid was abolished in 1994. Mandela denounces the policy of Apartheid, which created a deep wound in South Africa, a wound which is difficult to "cure". Nevertheless, he pointed out the positive aspects of Apartheid, such as the rising of people who struggled for the equality and integrity. [...]