At the Nelson Mandela museum

To day I'm going to Qunu, a tiny village in South-Africa's Eastern Cape province. You're may wondering why I'm going to such a small place like this, but it's actually quite obvious. This is where the great Nelson Mandela grew up! The Nelson Mandela museum is also here which I'm planning to visit! :-)

So here I am, at the Nelson Mandela museum, the museum of one of my greatest idols! This is a big thing for me, cause I've always admired what Nelson Mandela have done for this country. From 1948 to 1994, South-Africa has been under control by the Apartheid-system. The white people, which settled in the country for a long time ago, took over the country and ruled the country for over 40 years! The Apartheid politic was literally based on racism. The government decided that the white people was going to have more rights than everyone else. White people were able to vote, to live in the best areas and so on. The other people in South-Africa were divided into specific racial groups which had their on places to live, and these places were absolutely NOT as beautiful and wealthy as the areas the white people lived in! Nelson Mandela was one of those (those=a lot of people) who were against the apartheid-system. Nelson Mandela was willing to fight this system even more than everyone else, and unfortunately he was sent to prison because of his thoughts. After being released from prison in 1990, he became the first non-apartheid, black president in South-Africa in 1994!

The Nelson Mandela museum has a wide range of gifts that Nelson Mandela received after being released from prison in 1990. It's very interesting to see how many people who wanted to meet this man after his hard work for killing the apartheid-system! The gifts showcased in this museum are gifts from all around the world, from normal people, governments, organizations etc. Nelson Mandela insisted that these gifts were not only for to him. These gifts were given to the whole nation! Mandela decided that these gifts were going to be displayed in the area he was born, in Qunu. An example of these gifts is this ornamental elephant foot (as we can see in the picture) which was a gift from Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe.

It has been an honor blogging about South Africa. I have experienced so much, and I've seen so many fantastic things! I hope that one day I can go back to South-Africa and witness this beautiful country once again. Bye South-Africa! I'll miss you!!