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1、NelsonMandelabecamethefirstblackpresidentofSouthAfricain1994,servinguntil1999.Asymbolofglobalpeacemaking,hewontheNobelPeacePrizein1993.WhoWasNelsonMandela?NelsonRolihlahlaMandela(July18,1918toDecember5,2013)wasanonviolenceanti-apartheidactivist,politicianandphilanthr
2、opistwhobecameSouthAfrica’sfirstblackpresidentfrom1994to1999.Becomingactivelyinvolvedintheanti-apartheidmovementinhis20s,MandelajoinedtheAfricanNationalCongressin1942.For20years,hedirectedacampaignofpeaceful,nonviolentdefianceagainsttheSouthAfricangovernmentanditsrac
3、istpolicies.Beginningin1962,Mandelaspent27yearsinprisonforpoliticaloffenses.In1993,MandelaandSouthAfricanPresidentF.W.deKlerkwerejointlyawardedtheNobelPeacePrizefortheireffortstodismantlethecountry'sapartheidsystem.Forgenerationstocome,NelsonMandelawillcontinuetobeas
4、ourceofinspirationforcivilrightsactivistsworldwide.WhenandHowDidNelsonMandelaDie?OnDecember5,2013,attheageof95,NelsonMandeladiedathishomeinJohannesburg,SouthAfrica.AftersufferingalunginfectioninJanuary2011,MandelawasbrieflyhospitalizedinJohannesburgtoundergosurgeryfo
5、rastomachailmentinearly2012.Hewasreleasedafterafewdays,laterreturningtoQunu.Mandelawouldbehospitalizedmanytimesoverthenextseveralyears—inDecember2012,March2013andJune2013—forfurthertestingandmedicaltreatmentrelatingtohisrecurrentlunginfection.FollowinghisJune2013hosp
6、italvisit,Mandela'swife,GracaMachel,canceledascheduledappearanceinLondontoremainatherhusband'shisside,andhisdaughter,ZenaniDlamini,flewbackfromArgentinatoSouthAfricatobewithherfather.JacobZuma,SouthAfrica'spresident,issuedastatementinresponsetopublicconcernoverMandel
7、a'sMarch2013healthscare,askingforsupportintheformofprayer:"WeappealtothepeopleofSouthAfricaandtheworldtoprayforourbelovedMadibaandhisfamilyandtokeepthemintheirthoughts,"Zumasaid.OnthedayofMandela’sdeath,ZumareleasedastatementspeakingtoMandela'slegacy:"Whereverwearein
8、thecountry,whereverweareintheworld,letusreaffirmhisvisionofasociety...inwhichnoneisexploited,oppressedordispossessedbyanother,"hesa
