South Africa and the long road to equality

analysis of political speech in Nelson Mandela's possession as a president

Authors

  • Mônica Cordovil de Oliveira Martins Gomes
  • Alessandro Martins Gomes

Keywords:

South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Racial segregation

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze political discourse in the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa and its relationship with Apartheid and the struggle against racial segregation in South Africa, especially in the physical, psychological, cultural contexts , Historical and political, and also to analyze its agents and basic ideology. The proposal is to return to the origin of this discourse as a way of trying to change the scenario in South Africa's history, since, whatever happened, Africans will always fight for Africa. It will be presented the peculiar data, the components involved and the different contexts to be analyzed within Nelson Mandela's speech. The research is a bibliographic review based on Nelson Mandela's oral speech in his presidential inauguration in South Africa. The relevance of the research lies in the struggle of some of the several important figures who have gone through the history of Africa, more specifically the people of South Africa In the fight against racial segregation and with a fairer and more egalitarian population. We conclude with the importance of this discourse for the historiography of Africa, and more specifically the history of South Africa.

Author Biographies

Mônica Cordovil de Oliveira Martins Gomes

Especialista em Planejamento, Implementação e Gestão do Ensino a Distância, cursando Metodologia do Ensino de Língua Portuguesa e Inglesa e Língua Portuguesa e Literatura Brasileira. Bacharel em Teologia nas Faculdades EST e cursando Letras na Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF. Volta Redonda/RJ, Brasil.

Alessandro Martins Gomes

Doutorando em Estudos Clássicos: Mundo Antigo na Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. Mestre em Teologia nas Faculdades EST e em História do Império Português na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Especialista em História Antiga e Medieval, Metodologia do Ensino de História e Geografia e História do Brasil. Bacharel em Direito e Teologia pela EST.

Published

2022-03-31

How to Cite

Gomes, M. C. de O. M., & Gomes, A. M. (2022). South Africa and the long road to equality: analysis of political speech in Nelson Mandela’s possession as a president. Identidade!, 21(2), 243–250. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1425

Issue

Section

DIVERSIDADE E IDENTIDADE