Hi guys, I am now in Durban, South Africa. Last weekend, I went to Pietermaritzburg, about one hour drive from Durban, there are several impressive red brick buildings, and also famous Gandhis statue. As you know, Gandhi stayed here in South Africa. Mohandas Gandhi arrived in South Africa in 1893 at the age of 24 as a newly qualified lawyer on a temporary assignment to act on behalf of a local Indian trader in a commercial dispute. What was meant to be a short stopgap for the struggling young lawyer turned into a 21-year stay, with spells in India and England. During his time here, he developed therere strategy known as satyagraha (truth-force), in which campaigners went on peaceful marches and presented themselves for arrest in protest against unjust laws. This form of action was to become one of the great political tools of the 20th century, influencing the civil rights movement in the United States and the African National Congress in its early years of struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:47:21 +0000
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