2021.04.26
In South Africa in 1968, under the apartheid system, the whole society was full of racial discrimination. Black people did not have equal rights and freedom. In people's minds, black people were terrorists. The Kronstad maximum security prison on Robin Island is where the organized rebels are held, and Nelson Mandela was once imprisoned in this prison.
James Gregory was a white man who grew up on a cow ranch in Transkee and grew up playing with a nigger kid named Bafana. Bafana taught Gregory to speak their language and a special martial art. Unexpectedly, these two things made Gregory meet a great man and thus change his world view, and his childhood friendship with black children affected his life.
Sergeant Gregory was selected by the National Security Agency's Major Peter Jordan when he first came to the prison because he could speak the black language, Xhosa. At this time, Gregory was still a racist, hated black people, and believed that Mandela should be hanged. Those who took up arms against white people were reactionaries and liars. This made Major Peter very satisfied, and arranged for him to be in charge of the work of the Censorship Department in Area B, where Mandela and his associates were imprisoned, to review their letters and to monitor suspicious visits, and report them directly to Pretoria. Headquarters Major Peter. This is really a pie in the sky, no night shifts, no excessive discipline, guarding the country's most dangerous terrorists, how many police stations have been blown up by Mandela's Spear of the Nation (an African military organization), think of this, Gregory couldn't hold back his excitement. The next day, the new Chief Examiner Gregory began to take up his new post. Sure enough, the new officer took the post three fires, and confronted all the prisoners with harsh words, threats and intimidation. Not wanting the second axe to be bye-bye, he came to Mandela's cell and called out twice.
Mrs. Mandela came to visit, tried to communicate in Xhosa, was caught by Gregory, and was denied visitation rights for two years. Gregory found secret letters while reviewing postcards of Mandela's accomplice Yunas Masati, which were reported to Major Peter, resulting in the killing of several people, including Yunas. Because of this, he was praised by Major Peter, and he was promoted to a rank. At that time, Gregory was very proud. However, the daughter was shocked when she accidentally witnessed the brutality of the white police against black people and babies, and questioned why black mothers and babies should be separated? Why didn't Dad come forward to take care of the violent police? How absurd it seemed that the wife came to the pond by God's arrangement. In particular, the accidental death of Mandela's son in a car accident, various signs indicated that it was a political murder, awakened Gregory, whose conscience was unshakable, and he fought for Mandela for the first time for basic rights.
In the dead of night, the scene of life with the black child Bafana began to emerge when he was a child. Grigori opened the box and touched the treasured gift that Bafana gave him, a bracelet made of animal tails. His knowledge made him suspicious of apartheid policies. So he took a risk and secretly found the "Freedom Charter", which was strictly forbidden at the time. It was found that it was not a letter threatening to exterminate white people, but a political appeal calling for freedom and equality between whites and blacks, equal voting rights, free and equal voting rights, and the pursuit of a free and friendly country. Grigori believes that he and his children will be as friendly as they were when he was a child with another Bafana. From then on, Gregory began to change. He helped Mandela deliver Christmas chocolates to his wife. During the visit, he overheard Mandela and his wife communicating sensitive topics in Xhosa. omission. The act of treating the black people who were imprisoned for freedom and equal personal rights led by Mandela was angered and punished by the prison director, and discriminated, ridiculed and humiliated by his colleagues.
However, the wheel of history is rolling forward unstoppably, and the brilliance of human nature cannot be blocked. With the long-term sanctions and pressure from the international community, the continuous violent resistance of black people in the country, the white South African government, which is struggling both at home and abroad, gradually compromised, and Mandela's politics And living conditions have gradually improved, and Gregory who made the right choice has also been recognized by all parties. Mandela's family met for the first time without the isolation of the glass window. A big hug from his wife made Mandela, who has not touched his wife in 21 years, surging. After twenty-seven years in prison, at Victor Wells Prison, Mandela was finally freed, and Gregory was promoted to Lieutenant. When parting, Gregory opened the box and gave Mandela a gift from Bafana that he treasured, wishing him a safe life and a new South Africa in the near future. Four years later, Mandela became South Africa. The first elected president. Under Mandela's leadership, blacks in South Africa have obtained full freedom and equal rights, South Africa's economy has become more open, and it has fully integrated into the international economic system. And the people of South Africa really appreciate what it means to be worse than the past. South Africa has a long way to go. Keep working hard!
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