CBSE Class 10 - English Lit. - First Flight - Chapter 4 - Long Walk to Freedom (Key Points) (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

Chapter 2 - Long Walk to Freedom 

(Key Points) 

① Nelson Mandela swears in as the first black president of South Africa on 10th May 1994.

② The swearing-in ceremony took place in the lovely sandstone amphitheatre in Pretoria

③ He addressed the rainbow gathering with a zest telling that never, never, and never again should it be that that beautiful land would experience the oppression of one by another.

④ He wished that freedom in Africa should reign.



⑤ The army officials who could have caught have and put him in jail before were saluting him to pay respect to the newly born democracy.

⑥ The two national anthems were sung at the time of his swearing-in ceremony.

⑦ He recalls back the history and pays homage to the national martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the sake of their motherland.

⑧ He tells that the martyrs were the men of extraordinary courage and wisdom and generosity.

⑨ The country of South Africa is rich in minerals and gems but the greatest wealth of the country is its people.

⑩ He tells no one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.

⑪ If people learn to hate, they can be taught to love too.

⑫ He talks that man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never exhausted.

⑬ He talks about the twin obligations-obligation towards his family & obligation towards his nation. While discharging his duties he found he was not free.

⑭ Hence, he joined the African National Congress fought for the freedom of his country.

⑮ He knew that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed.

⑯ The oppressor and the oppressed are alike and are rarely victimized by their humankind.