A complete Analysis of Nelson Mandela,s Inaugural Speech prepared by Muhammad Awais Sharif & Muhammad Mudasser

1. Group Members
M.Mudasser Sp11-BEC-051
M.Awais Sharif Sp11-BEC-097
Yasin Latif Sp11-BEC-093
Numan Ayub Sp11-BEC-065
Shaheer Munawar Sp11-BEC-079

2. Nelson Mandela
Inaugural Speech

3. Background
 Mandela spent 27 years as a political prisoner
in South Africa for his role as a freedom
fighter.
 And leader of the African National Congress
(ANC), and his significant contribution to
anti-apartheid activities.

4. Background
 Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black
president in South Africa on May 10th, 1994; this
election was particularly significant because it was
the first ever multi-racial, democratic election in the
country’s history.
 It also signaled the end of the apartheid (from the
Afrikaans word for “apartness” or “separateness”),
which was both a slogan and a social and political
policy of racial segregations and discrimination,
enforced by the White National party from 1948 until
Mandela’s election. However, racial segregation has
characterized South Africa since white settlers
arrived in 1652, before apartheid.

5. Occasion & Location
Nelson Mandela gave this speech, on
his election as president of the South
Africa.
10th May 1994.
Pretoria.

6. transcript
 “Your Majesties, Your Highnesses,
Distinguished Guests, Comrades and Friends.
Today, all of us do, by our presence here, and
by our celebrations in other parts of our
country and the world, confer glory and hope
to newborn liberty. Out of the experience of
an extraordinary human disaster that lasted
too long, must be born a society of which all
humanity will be proud.”

7. Continued…
“Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans
must produce an actual South African reality
that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice,
strengthen its confidence in the nobility of
the human soul and sustain all our hopes for a
glorious life for all.
All this we owe both to ourselves and to the
peoples of the world who are so well
represented here today.”

8. Continued…
“We thank all our distinguished international
guests for having come to take possession
with the people of our country of what is,
after all, a common victory for justice, for
peace, for human dignity. We trust that you
will continue to stand by us as we tackle the
challenges of building peace, prosperity, non-
sexism, non-racialism and democracy.”

9. Continued…
“The time for the healing of the wounds has
come.
The moment to bridge the chasms that
divide us has come.
The time to build is upon us.”

10. Continued…
 “We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom
in conditions of relative peace. We commit
ourselves to the construction of a complete, just
and lasting peace.
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope
in the breasts of the millions of our people. We
enter into a covenant that we shall build the
society in which all South Africans, both black
and white, will be able to walk tall, without any
fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable
right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at
peace with itself and the world.”

11. Continued…
“We dedicate this day to all the heroes and
heroines in this country and the rest of the
world who sacrificed in many ways and
surrendered their lives so that we could be
free.
Their dreams have become reality. Freedom
is their reward.”

12. Continued…
“We are both humbled and elevated by the
honour and privilege that you, the people of
South Africa, have bestowed on us, as the
first President of a united, democratic, non-
racial and non-sexist government.
We understand it still that there is no easy
road to freedom
We know it well that none of us acting alone
can achieve success.”

13. Continued…
“We must therefore act together as a united
people, for national reconciliation, for
nation building, for the birth of a new
world.
Let there be justice for all.
Let there be peace for all.”

14. Continued…
“Never, never and never again shall it be that
this beautiful land will again experience the
oppression of one by another and suffer the
indignity of being the skunk of the world.
Let freedom reign!
The sun shall never set on so glorious a
human achievement!
God bless Africa!”

15. Contents of Speech
 Thanked everybody for their presence.
 Thanking International guest for common
victory for justice.
 No discrimination
 Long lasting peace
 Importance of Unity
 Pray for Africa

16. Analysis of Speech
 Style
 Motivational Part
 Meaningful Part
 Repetition
 Persuasive Words
 Clarity
 Metaphor Anaphor
 Impact of Speech
 Message of Speech

17. Style
 Nelson Mandela's
inauguration speech
uses anaphor to
express his hope for
the people of South
Africa.
 Mandela's tone is
inspirational, uplifting,
and commanding.

18. Motivational Part
 The time for the healing of the wounds has
come.
 The moment to bridge the chasms that
divide us has come.
 The time to build is upon us.

19. Continued…
 We dedicate this day to all the heroes and
heroines in this country and the rest of the
world who sacrificed in many ways and
surrendered their lives so that we could be
free.
 Their dreams have become reality. Freedom
is their reward.

20. Meaningful Part
 We must act together as a united people, for
national reconciliation, for nation building, for
the birth of a new world.
Let there be justice for all.
Let there be peace for all.
 The main theme of the speech are in these lines
where he his talking about the unity and justice
and peace for all.

21. Repetition
 The words “We” and “Our ” are
repeated many times in the speech.
 By making use of these words again
and again, he emphasize on the
fact that now there is no difference
between black and white people

22. Persuasive Words
 Justice (fair)
 Strengthen (stronger)
 Prosperity (well being)
 Inalienable (unable to be taken away)
 Indignity (insult)
 Nobility (noble in character)
 Reinforce (intensify)

23. Clarity
 The message of the speech is clear and can
easily be understood
 His speech gave an insight into the long
struggle for democracy and into his beliefs
about humanity.

24. Anaphor & Metaphor
Anaphor
 The time for…
 The moment to…
 The time…
Metaphor
 Implant hope in the breasts of millions of our
people.

25. Impact of Speech
 Mandela's inaugural address helped to
promote the reconciliation agenda that was
to be the hallmark of his presidency.
 Both blacks and whites were uplifted by his
explicit commitment to bridging the chasms
that had divided the two communities.

26. Continued…
 He made clear that as a “token of its
commitment to the renewal of our country,
address the issue of amnesty
 for various categories of our people who are
currently serving terms of imprisonment.”
 The first parliament of the new democratic
South Africa passed the Promotion of
National Unity and
 Reconciliation Act in 1995.

27. Message of the Speech
 Mandela wanted both audiences(black and white) to
recognize the importance of the turning point that
his address represented in the country's history.
 He wanted the international community to see the
new South Africa as a model state, which could
teach others how to reconcile and overcome
conflicts of the past.
 He hoped that South Africans would accept his
message of the need to move away from the past
and look to the future as a newly united people, who
should work together to overcome the legacies of
the past.

28. Quotes by Nelson Mandela
I learned that courage was not the
absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
The brave man is not he who does not
feel afraid, but he who conquers that
fear.

29. Thank You