Was Mandela a Freedom Fighter or Terroist?

Was Mandela a exemption paladin or a terrorist? Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in the Eastern Cape of South Africa (Williams and Hermann, 2012). aft(prenominal) hearing the stories of his ancestors bravery, he was inspired and he dreamed of fashioning his own impact to his passel for freedom. (Venter, 2012). I believe that Nelson Mandela was a freedom virtuoso and not a terrorist. Some measures the definitions of those deuce words may get commingle up and it is quite hard to line the difference between the 2, especi tout ensembley in this case.A terrorist deliberately targets the lives of innocent people for g everyplacenmental reasons whereas a freedom fighter takes let on in a violent clamber to achieve freedom, they do not beat back at the lives of the public. If you were to look at the devil definitions, I believe that Nelson Mandela should be classified advertisement as a freedom fighter as he did not target the lives of people he fought for the freedom of the people of South Africa. In 1944 he join the African National Congress (A semipolitical checky make to unite every(prenominal) African people and give everyone satisfactory human rights) (Unwembi, 2011) and was the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the rebellious part of ANC.Even though Umkhonto we Sizwe set up a series of attacks, they were fighting for equal rights and freedom against apartheid as apartheid had dived South Africa into races and eventually had stipulation the White South Africa control over the whole of South Africa. They also made new laws to create segregation. (Brain, 2011) Umkhonto we Sizwe said The time comes in the life of any realm when there remain only two choices remove or fight. That time has at present come to South Africa.We shall not submit and we have no choice scarcely to hit back by all means in our power in defence of our people, our future, and our freedom. This quote shows that they were fighting for freedom they had sacrificed eve rything, knowing the consequences that could occur they still fought for the rights for their people. Bibliography Unwembi (2011) African National Congress, universal resource locator http//www. anc. org. za/show. php? id=172 Accessed 18/11/12 -Marshall Brain(2011) August 5 Mandela Was Arrested, URL http//history. howstuffworks. com/african-history/nelson-mandela. htm Accessed 18/11/12 By Becky Jones