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Mandela's event interpreter

Read about what happened and watch a video here.

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Nelson Mandela

Watch the video and answer the following questions. Check your answers in 'comments'.

    1.      When was he born?

    2.       What does ANC stand for?

    3.       When did he become head of the ANC’s Youth Wing?

    4.       What did his law firm do in Johannesburg?

    5.       What happened in 1960?

    6.       Why was he arrested and put on trial in 1962?

    7.       How did he defend his actions?

    8.       What was he sentenced to two years later?

    9.       Why was he freed?

  10.   When was he elected the first black president? How old was he?
 11.   How long was he president? 

  12.   Why did Mandela and Mr de Klerk get the Peace Nobel Prize?

  13.   Why was he critized when he was president?

  14.   When did he retire from public life?

  15.   What did he turn South Africa into?

"Still" and "Anymore"

Visit this website to see a short lesson about the use of these two words.