Concept Of Nelson Mandela

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The primary concept is set on the idea of Nelson Mandela's principles, what Nelson Mandela stood for when he stated that ''Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (ref), therefore the main theme is: Education, is it connecting the dots by enriching your people or is it causing separation. We use this particular trope, which is the Nelson Mandela Bridge, to show the correlation it has with Nelson Mandela ideals and principles of the rainbow nation (ref), on how the bridge can be seen as a symbol that should connect the one to the other. All the races in South Africa should in actual fact unify to create this picture of the rainbow nation, but because of what is currently happening in the State of South …show more content…

But because the nation is in the current state its in particularly in the educational system, this causes another downfall in the country. The nation has somewhat, forgotten about Nelson Mandela's core principle about which is “creating a South Africa for all” (ref). People from certain demographics blame the Apartheid era regarding the current flaws and difficulties apparent in our country.

The labelling of people by race such as 'white','black' and so on is also problematic in the sense that we still look at the colour of our skin, and do not believe in the fact that “there's only one race, and that's the human race” (ref). The people in the country are still under racial discrimination after twenty two years of democracy (ref). It should be that we have grown as a nation and people that look past the colour of a person's skin. We have to realise that we actually need each other; the one can't live without the …show more content…

This monumental bridge symbolises the connection we have to establish with each other in the country, but the current government itself is creating a 'visible' gap between different races. Although they said to preach that they are for the black citizens of the country, they don't seem to practice that by

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