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Nelson Mandela grew up to be one of the most important men of the twentieth century. He campaigned for the rights of black people in South Africa, was arrested, and spent 27 years in a miserable island jail. But he went on to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner, and the first president of a new, democratic, South Africa.
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A hundred years ago a baby was born in a small village in South Africa. That baby boy was Nelson Mandela.
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The publisher would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce the photographs. AFP: pp. 5 (Mandela in United Nations) Timothy A. Clary; 6 (urban Qunu) Jennifer Bruce; 23 (Nelson ans Winnie) AFP; 41 (Mandela and F. W. de Klerk) Alexander Joe;47 (Mandela with rugby team) Jean-Pierre Muller; 49 (Mandela’s home) Mujahid Safodien. AGB Photo Library: pp. 8 (Mandela at Fort Hare) Fine Art Images; 25 (anti-apartheid movement) Online; 31 (prisoners) Fine Art Images. Alamy Stock Photo / Glow Images: pp. 30 (Robben Island) Hoberman Collection; 39 (concert for Mandela) John Cole; 50 (Johannesburg) Patrizia Wyss. Corbis via Getty Images: pp. 40 (Victor Verster prison) Gideon Mendel; 48 (Thabo Mbeki) Louise Gubb. Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images: pp. 18 (woman sat in the wagon) Keystone-France; 22 (treason trial) Keystone-France. Getty Images: cover (Nelson Mandela) Steve Christo/The Sydney Morning Herald/ Fairfax Media; pp. 10 (Johannesburg in 1948) Paul Popper/Popperfoto; 11 (poor Johanesburg) Pat English/ The LIFE Images Collection; 16 (“white only” sign) Keystone; 19 (protest against apartheid) Popperfoto; 23 (Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd) Bettmann Archive; 34 (protests in Soweto) Bongani Mnguni/City Press/Gallo Images; 37 (P. W. Botha) Selwyn Tait/The LIFE Images Collection; 42 (Mandela free) Allan Tannenbaum/The LIFE Images Collection; 43 (Mandela at the Soweto Stadium) Georges De Keerle; 61 (Nelson Mandela smiling) Chris Jackson. Glow Images: pp. 15 (townships) Allan Cash Picture Library /Alamy Stock Photo; 15 (man with a passbook) AP Photo; 25 (protester) AP Photo; 29 (protesting the Rivonia Trial) AP Photo; 32 (Mandela’s cell) Schalk van Zuydam/ AP Photo; 34 (Steven Biko) AP Photo; 36 (Zindzi Mandela) Peters/AP Photo; 45 (Mandela with the Nobel Prize) Jon Eeg, Ntb, File / AP Photo; 52 (presidents and prime ministers) Peter Dejong/ AP Photo; 53 (Nelson Mandela) Rex Features / AP Images. Latinstock: pp. 24 (people running) Baileys African History Archive/Africa Media Online; 9 (students of Fort Hare) Cory Library/ Rhodes University/Africa Media Online; 21(Congress of the People) Baileys African History Archive/ Africa Media; 24 (Sharpeville funeral) Online; 27 (Winnie and Zindzi Mandela) Baileys African History Archive/ Africa Media Online; 28 (newspaper) Radu Sigheti / REUTERS; 36 (poster) Radu Sigheti / REUTERS; 44 (Afrikaners protesting) Graeme Williams/South Photos/ Africa Media Online; 45 (Mandela and F. W. de Klerk) Juda Ngwenya/ REUTERS. Shutterstock.com: pp. 51 (Jacob Zuma) Albert H. Teich; 57 (prison) Anton_Ivanov. Sygma via Getty Images: p. 38 (man protesting) William Campbell. Toronto Star via Getty Images: p. 7 (rural Qunu) Richard Lautens. ullstein bild via Getty Images: pp. 17 (Oliver Tambo and Mandela)#ADNBildarchiv; 33 (Mandela and Sisulu) Lindesberg. VCG via Getty Images: p. 46 (Mandela president) David Turnley/Corbis.
NELSON MANDELA Hannah Fish has worked for many years in English language teaching, first as a teacher and teacher trainer, and then in English language publishing. She now writes teaching materials for both primary and secondary learners, including graded readers, which she loves. Her teaching has taken her to many countries around the world including a number of years in China and Italy, but she now lives and works in the Cotswolds in the U.K. Hannah Fish also wrote Climate Change and Amelia Earhart for StandFor Graded Readers.
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BEFORE READING
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Look at the front cover and read the back cover of this book. What do you know about Nelson Mandela?
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Read the text and write the places in South Africa on the map. All the places are in the story. Cape Town Durban Eastern Cape Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Pretoria Robben Island Transkei
South Africa is a country in the very south of Africa. One of its three capital cities, Pretoria , is in the north of the country, and its biggest city,
, is just south of Pretoria.
The
is a large area in the southeast of the is a beautiful area within the Eastern country, and the is a city to the northeast of the Eastern Cape, Cape. and are next to the ocean.
both cities in the south of the country, next to the ocean. Port Elizabeth is to the east, and Cape Town to the west. Cape Town is also another of South Africa’s three capital cities.
is a small
rocky island near Cape Town. Pretoria
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Introduction
In 1918, in a small village in South Africa, a very special baby boy was born. His mother and father gave him the name Rolihlahla, which in their language, Xhosa, means “one who brings trouble on himself”. It is true that, in later life, Rolihlahla Mandela did bring trouble on himself, but he did this for something he truly believed in – to make South Africa a better place. He wanted to bring peace to his deeply troubled country, and make life better and fairer for all the people who were born there.
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Chapter
The Early Years
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Rolihlahla Mandela was born in an area of South Africa called the Transkei. This area is very beautiful, with many green hills and fruit trees. He grew up in the village of Qunu and enjoyed playing games with the other children of the village, and swimming in the river. He also liked to listen to the stories told by the old men of the village – stories about the days before white men came to South Africa. Rolihlahla’s father was Chief of the Thembu people, and Rolihlahla was the first person in his family to go to school. On the first day at this school, his teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave all the children English names. Because many people believed that Europeans were better than Africans, they thought it was a good idea for children to have English names. Qunu today
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Hills near Qunu
Miss Mdingane gave Rolihlahla the name Nelson, and this is the name that became known across the world – Nelson Mandela. When he was a young boy, Nelson’s father sadly died. Nelson’s mother sent him to live with his uncle, who was also a chief in a different village. Nelson was very sad to leave his mother, but his new life with his uncle and aunt was very comfortable, and they loved him like a son. Nelson went to a school near his new home. Nelson worked hard at school and he enjoyed studying English, the Xhosa language, and history – especially African history.
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