The Collapse of Communism

There were many factors that led to the fall of communism but the main ones were the greed and corruption that it caused. Under Communism, Millions of soviet citizens were executed because they failed to follow the rules that were made. Also the leader of the soviets, Stalin was trying to convince his country as well as Eastern Europe that Communism was the right thing and he tried to force people to accept that but he only made things worse. The fall of the Berlin Wall was necedssary because the exile it caused between East and West Germany was tearing the country apart and the only way to end it was to bring the Wall down. The fall of the Soviets marked the end of Communism for Eastern Europe and that is why it was so important.

Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid to me was just another form of racial segregation against another race that was non-white. Nelson Mandela was a hero because he helped liberate South Africa from segregetion and other acts of hatred against Black people. During the 1950s Mandela played a key role in the ANC's non-violent campaign to undermine apartheid, South Africa's system of racial segregation, through strikes, civil disobedience, and demonstrations. But when he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison he became the symbol of the struggle for Independence for the Africans and that is why the prison guards believed that if he died in prison a major uprising would occur and that would be chaotic so they let him out nafter only 27 years and he immediatly became a hero. He is admired by the Authors and article because he went through many hardships and suffring to open the door to opputunities for the People of South Africa and he helped abolish Apartheid and he will be remembered forever because of that.

African Independence

There were many changes that ocurred in Africa in the 20-year period from 1955 to 1975. Some changes were Independence for alot of the African nations and Africa became more modernized with new schools and roads and a better government. There were more opportunities built for the African people to be the leaders of their own countries and some of those people were Leopold Senghor, Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta, and several other people that helped shape Africa to what it is.