Words

• African National Congress = party to which Nelson Mandela belonged
• Apartheid = past system in South Africa in which white and black people lived separately and only the whites had power
• ardent = to show strong feelings about something
• attention = becoming aware of someone
• award = give a prize to someone
• civil disobedience = when people refuse to follow the law and protest in a peaceful way
• clan = large tribal family
• committed = to work very hard for something
• complex = complicated, difficult
• conspiracy = secret plan made by a group of people to do something that is against the law
• democratically elected = chosen by the people of a country
• dignity = being respected
• elect = when people vote for someone
• fierce = angry, violent
• forgive = to stop blaming somebody for having done something that was wrong
• formally = officially
• gain = get
• global issues = topics that everyone in the world is interested in
• human rights = the basic  rights that every person should have
• incarceration = time in prison
• incredible = unbelievable
• liberate = to free
• life in prison = to be locked up for your whole life
• militant = violent
• mission= here: task, job
• movement = a group of people who have the same ideas and work towards the same goal
• note = a short piece of information
• opponent = a person who is against something
• prison = place where the police keep you because you have done something wrong
• public life = the work that you do and which makes you well-known
• release = to set free
• reputation = what people think about someone
• retire = to stop working because you are too old
• rid = get rid of
• sacred = holy
• scourge = plague; something that causes a lot of harm
• sentence = to punish someone in court
• spectacular = great
• statesman = respected political leader
• unarmed = without guns
• warrior = soldier
• wound = hurt