Nelson mandela foundation biography of william shakespeare

In , when he was 12 years old, his father died and the young Rolihlahla became a ward of Jongintaba at the Great Place in Mqhekezweni 1.

Jason King Jones discusses how William Shakespeare was a source of inspiration for Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment on South Africa's.

He completed his Junior Certificate at Clarkebury Boarding Institute and went on to Healdtown, a Wesleyan secondary school of some repute, where he matriculated. Mandela began his studies for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University College of Fort Hare but did not complete the degree there as he was expelled for joining in a student protest.

They ran away to Johannesburg instead, arriving there in There he worked as a mine security officer and after meeting Walter Sisulu, an estate agent, he was introduced to Lazer Sidelsky. He then did his articles through a firm of attorneys — Witkin, Eidelman and Sidelsky. By his own admission he was a poor student and left the university in without graduating.

He only started studying again through the University of London after his imprisonment in but also did not complete that degree. He graduated in absentia at a ceremony in Cape Town. They had two sons, Madiba Thembekile "Thembi" and Makgatho, and two daughters both called Makaziwe, the first of whom died in infancy. He and his wife divorced in This campaign of civil disobedience against six unjust laws was a joint programme between the ANC and the South African Indian Congress.

In the essay on Sonnet 8, he shows Shakespeare dealing in a particular way with the biggest opposites in the life of everyone: self and world.

He and 19 others were charged under the Suppression of Communism Act for their part in the campaign and sentenced to nine months of hard labour, suspended for two years. At the end of he was banned for the first time. As a restricted person he was only permitted to watch in secret as the Freedom Charter was adopted in Kliptown on 26 June Mandela was arrested in a countrywide police swoop on 5 December , which led to the Treason Trial.

Men and women of all races found themselves in the dock in the marathon trial that only ended when the last 28 accused, including Mandela, were acquitted on 29 March