Mandela, the country's first black president and anti-apartheid icon1 known in South Africa by his clan2 name of Madiba, emerged from 27 years in apartheid prisons to help guide South Africa through bloodshed and turmoil3 to democracy.
南非第一黑人總統(tǒng)和反種族隔離偶像曼德拉在種族隔離監(jiān)獄里被關了27年之后,領導南非從流血和動亂走向民主。
曼德拉是anti-apartheid icon(反種族隔離偶像),也是Nobel Peace laureate(諾貝爾和平獎得主)。南非現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)祖馬表示將給曼德拉舉行full state funeral(國葬),并且他還ordered flags to be flown at half mast(下令降半旗)。
1960年,曼德拉最早提出對apartheid(種族隔離)進行armed resistance(武裝反抗)。由于反對種族隔離,曼德拉過去被南非的white minority apartheid government(白人少數(shù)政府)監(jiān)禁27年。在被監(jiān)禁了多年之后,曼德拉在史無前例的all-race elections(跨種族大選)中當選總統(tǒng)。