2. What promises does Mandela make for the future of South Africa?

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7.
Pd:
Date:
4//24/202
Name:
End of Apartheid
Historical Context: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was an anti-apartheid revolutionary leader who spent 27 years in
Document 1 - Mandela Inauguration Speech
prison. Upon his release he was elected the first black leader of South Africa. He gave this speech at his inauguration on
May 10, 1994.
privilege to be host to the nations of the world
We, the people of South Africa, feel fulfilled [satisfied] that humanity has taken us back into its bosom
[chest/heart], that we, who were outlaws [criminalel not so long ago, have today been given the rare
other leaders have played to bring about this conclusion [end/end result]. Not least among them is my
masses of our people and their political mass democratic, religious, women, youth, business, traditional and
Second Deputy President, the Honourable F.W. de Klerk....
our own soil....We deeply appreciate the role that the
The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms [deep divisions] that
divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation
[freedom]. We pledge [promise] ourselves to liberate [free] all our people from the continuing bondage
[slavery] of poverty [poorness], deprivation [not having something wanted or needed], suffering, gender
and other discrimination (unfair treatment based on skin color, age, etc.]. We succeeded to take our last
steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete,
0 com
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just and lasting peace...
We have triumphed [won] in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We
enter into a covenant [agreement] that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and
white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured [promised/certain] of their
inalienable [non-transferable] right to human dignity]--a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the
world..... We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation [making up (from an
argument)], for nation building, for the birth of a new world...Never, never and never again shall it be that
this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity [insult] of
being the skunk of the world...Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread,
water and salt for all.
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Source: Excerpt from Nelson Mandela, "Mandela Speaks of Freedom Attained, at His Inauguration as President of South Africa, 1994
1. What is the central idea of Nelson Mandela's Inauguration Speech? What evidence from the
text supports the central idea?
2. What promises does Mandela make for the future of South Africa?
Transcribed Image Text:7. Pd: Date: 4//24/202 Name: End of Apartheid Historical Context: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was an anti-apartheid revolutionary leader who spent 27 years in Document 1 - Mandela Inauguration Speech prison. Upon his release he was elected the first black leader of South Africa. He gave this speech at his inauguration on May 10, 1994. privilege to be host to the nations of the world We, the people of South Africa, feel fulfilled [satisfied] that humanity has taken us back into its bosom [chest/heart], that we, who were outlaws [criminalel not so long ago, have today been given the rare other leaders have played to bring about this conclusion [end/end result]. Not least among them is my masses of our people and their political mass democratic, religious, women, youth, business, traditional and Second Deputy President, the Honourable F.W. de Klerk.... our own soil....We deeply appreciate the role that the The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms [deep divisions] that divide us has come. The time to build is upon us. We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation [freedom]. We pledge [promise] ourselves to liberate [free] all our people from the continuing bondage [slavery] of poverty [poorness], deprivation [not having something wanted or needed], suffering, gender and other discrimination (unfair treatment based on skin color, age, etc.]. We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, 0 com 49 just and lasting peace... We have triumphed [won] in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant [agreement] that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured [promised/certain] of their inalienable [non-transferable] right to human dignity]--a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world..... We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation [making up (from an argument)], for nation building, for the birth of a new world...Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity [insult] of being the skunk of the world...Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. 1 Source: Excerpt from Nelson Mandela, "Mandela Speaks of Freedom Attained, at His Inauguration as President of South Africa, 1994 1. What is the central idea of Nelson Mandela's Inauguration Speech? What evidence from the text supports the central idea? 2. What promises does Mandela make for the future of South Africa?
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