Nelson mandela early life essay

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00:29On the run from the police in 1961,

00:32outlawed African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela

00:35stated the democratic objectives of his party

00:38in this interview with the BBC.

00:41The Africans require, want the franchise

00:48on the basis of one man, one vote.

00:50They want political independence.

00:53The question of education has nothing to do

00:55with the question of the vote.

00:58On numerous occasions, it has been proved in history

01:05that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education.

01:10Of course, we desire education and we think it's a good thing.

01:13But you don't have to have education in order to know

01:17that you want certain fundamental rights.

01:21You have got aspirations, you have got claims.

01:23It has nothing to do with education whatsoever.

01:26The ANC's battle to end apartheid was receiving worldwide coverage

01:30due largely to the efforts of this one man

01:32who was born in the Tran