Comparing Freedom Struggles
Both India and Africa both had struggles with
gaining independence from British rule. India had a political group called
Indian National Congress that tried to work British rule in controlling India
since they thought they could run India better since they were born there. But
the British basically laughed and it didn’t change a thing. Then Gandhi showed
up on the political spectrum and helped India gain independence by civil
disobedience. To lots of people Gandhi possessed magical powers and produced
miraculous events, “The Great Soul”. Gandhi didn’t want a social revolution but
wanted the moral transformation of individuals. India gained independence but
separated by religions. In South Africa it was a bigger struggle since they had
an apartheid that tried to separate races in every way they can. They also had “pass
laws” that tried to regulate where Africans could go. South Africa also had an
important person that helped them through gaining independence, which was
Nelson Mandela that followed Gandhi tactics with nonviolent civil disobedience.
South Africa however, gained independence as a unity country.
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