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    Nelson Mandela - Long Walk To Freedom
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    What does Mandela thank the international leaders for?
    Mandela thanks all the international leaders for giving him the privilege to be the host to the nations of the world. He says so because the South Africans were considered as outlaws. He also thanks them for coming to celebrate victory of justice, peace and human dignity  with the people of his country.
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    Where did the ceremonies take place? Can you name any public buildings in India that are made of sandstone?

    The ceremonies took place in the campus of the Union Building of Pretoria.
    The Parliament House in New Delhi, the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi and Madras High Court in Chennai are some examples of Indian public buildings that are made of sandstone.
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    Can you say how 10 May is an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa?

    Tenth May is celebrated as an ‘autumn day’ in South Africa because there was the largest gathering of international leaders on South African soil for the installation of South Africa’s first democratic, non-racial government on this day.
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    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?

    By human disaster Mandela means to say that coloured people have been victimized by the system of racial discrimination. The glorious human achievement  is the welcome of a black person as the president of a country where the blacks had never been considered as human beings.
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    What ideals does he set out for the future of South Africa?

    He declared the achievement of his political emancipation. He said that he pledges to free his people from the bondage of povertydeprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination. He also affirmed that nobody would ever again experience the oppression in South Africa.
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