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Nelson Mandela

No Easy Walk to Freedom

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1973

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1. Apartheid policy exacerbated economic inequality and was designed to keep Black South Africans in a perpetual state of poverty and servitude to the minority white population.

  • What economic aspects of the anti-apartheid struggle does Mandela identify? (topic sentence)
  • Provide at least 3 examples of apartheid policy and how they each contributed to the poverty and servitude of the Black population.
  • In your concluding paragraph, explain how the economic impact of apartheid contributed to Mass Mobilization and/or Shifts in Strategy in the form of the noncooperation campaign.

2. The Nationalist government responded to nonviolent protests with excessive violence and force and created an atmosphere of violence in South Africa.

  • How did the government response to nonviolent tactics lead to the organization of Umkonto we Sizwe? (topic sentence)
  • Discuss at least 3 instances of government action that illustrate their violent response to nonviolent protests.
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