6.2
Exercise
9
Listen to the biography of Nelson Mandela. Number the events 1-9 in the order that you hear.
Solution
- Mandela joins the African National Congress (ANC), a political party.
- The South African government introduces a system of laws called apartheid.
- Protestors are killed in a demonstration, and the ANC becomes an illegal organisation.
- Mandela and other activists are arrested.
- He goes to trial and receives a life sentence.
- He spends 27 years in prison. People protest and he is finally released.
- He wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
- All black people can vote for the first time, and Mandela becomes the president.
- He retires from politics.