What are the similarities and differences between Nelson Mandela's and Gandhi's lifestyle?
Both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela were outstanding leaders of men and the present destinies of their respective countries have been shaped by them.Gandhi and Mandela mobilized the masses against oppression, against hatred and against prejudices. They suffered in jails, they suffered politically but they steadfastly pursued their missions.The main difference would lie in the fact that Mandela’s fight was of a higher and different order than Gandhi’s. Gandhiji fought for independence from the foreign powers which he believed could result in economic emancipation and political empowerment of the natives. Mandela had to fight a bigger curse- the phenomenon of apartheid, where one human was segregated from the other due to his color and the dark-skinned were meted out sub-human treatment. Gandhiji had no such cancer to fight against the British. If at all we Indians ourselves had divided ourselves into several castes and other sects for which the British could not be held responsible. There is another major dissimilarity in their ways. Gandhiji’s methods of Civil Disobedience and non-violence earned global acclaim and even the British feared and respected him. They could not keep him in prison for long without damaging their own image. Hence Gandhiji could use his methods as an effective counter against the imperialist British.Mandela did not have this privilege and he had to suffer incarceration for a very long period. Also, Mandela had to briefly stray from the path of non-violence knowing well that the White regime did not understand the language of non-violence.Mandela, however, returned to a non-violent path later.�,�K�
Help on Gandhi project?
for my history class, we're doing a revolutionary rally. There are different revolutionaries, and my group has Gandhi. My job is to reproduce some propaganda, something to hand out, or to show, etc. I'm having a hard time finding anything we may base it off of, so if any one could help it'd be great...thanks!
I need to do a school project about Rosa Parks and it is due next week. Can anyone help me?
Try these three websites. These seemed to have the best information. Just watch out for wikipedia because sometimes people change the right data to wrong data.
In what ways were Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi similar, and in what ways were they different?
Similarity1. Contributed for independence of their countries from british rule.2. Adopted peaceful means for achieving success.3. Shun violence4. Similar attitude for their wife as gandhi left ba for celibacy and mandela divorced.5. Got popular support from common man. Nation loved them.6. Not promoted their children or family members in politics.7.Truth and peace main weapons.DissimilaritiesMandela learned from gandhi but gandhi learned from experienceGandhi was more friendly to minorities and secular.Gandhi was innovator and paved way of truth and non violence for generations to come.Started to Practise celibacy at age of 36 years with consent of kasturba.Mahatma was killed but nelson was died.Both had large number of british following.
Can anyone briefly explain to me the appartite situation in South Africa and why Nelson Mandela was sentenced?
When South Africa became independant of Britian, the first thing they did was pass the "township act" all blacks were forced out of the cities into camps in the rural areas. These were like resrvations. They had to get special permission just to go into the all-white cities and had to leave before night fall. Apathied means "apartness" Mandela was head of the ANC African National Congress. One of the main groups that fought to stop apathied. They were considered a terrorist group (the ANC special operations division did use guerrilla tactics and sabotage against the government) Mandela was sentenced for treason and other crimes and kept in prison because he refused to renounce the ANC