Question

At the beginning of his speech, Mandela mentions " an extraordinary human disaster ". What does he mean by this? What is the "glorious.... human achievement "he speaks of at the end? ​

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By 'An extraordinary human disaster' Mandela means to state the practice of apartheid in South Africa. During this there was the racial segregation based on colour and the blacks suffered a lot. They were not allowed to demand freedom or not have any rights.Mandela himself did spend many years on infamous "Robbin Island" as a Prisoner, where he was beaten mercilessly.

He considered it as a great glorious human achievement that a black person become the President of a country where the blacks were not even considered human being and were treated badly.

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The chapter "Nelson Mandela : A long walk to freedom", plays tribute to those black heroes and patriots who waged a relentless struggle against apartheid or the racist regime of South Africa. Here we find a description of the inauguration ceremony held in the union building attended by politicians and dignitaries from more than 140 countries. This chapter also shows the "craving of freedom" for a person(Nelson Mandela, that is totally changed).Mandela also gives the message of peace in unity of mankind. He foresees a new regime which will be based on equality of men and women.Hee hopes that in the new regime there will be no exploitation of man by man. There will be no room for racialism and segregation in the New order.