Overcoming obstacles

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Nelson Mandela is a man I really look up to, and I hope I get to be like him someday. He is a political activist who fought against the Apartheid, which was a racist political move that had control over South Africa. Due to his stand against the government he was put in jail for 27 years. However, he managed not to hold any grudge against white people or let anyone break his spirit. He came out of jail to become president of South Africa and make the South African people, who used to kill each other in the streets only because of the color of their skin, forget their differences and come together as one country.