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charitable work continued. On 29
           August 2007, a permanent statue
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           to him was unveiled in Parliament
           Square,  London.  He  had  written
           a  book,  Long  Walk  to  Freedom,
           about the struggle to bring an end

           of apartheid.


           He died at his home in Johannesburg
           on 5 December 2013, aged 95.

           Word Trove

           advisor /ədˈvaɪzə(r)/ : person who gives advice
           troublemaker /ˈtrʌblmeɪkə(r)/ : a person who creates troubles
           destined /ˈdestɪnd/: happened

           fortune /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/: luck
           magistrate /ˈmædʒɪstreɪt/ : a judge in law courts
           nestled /ˈnesld/ : moved
           springs /ˈsprɪŋz/ : places from where water comes up through the ground

           baptized /bæpˈtaɪzd/ : named
           adopt /əˈdɒpt/ : take someone’s child into your own family making him/
                  her like your own child
           subsequently /ˈsʌbsɪkwəntli/ : happening or coming after

           adapted /əˈdæptɪd/ : adjusted
           sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd/ : from high standard
           multi-racial /ˌmʌltiˈreɪʃl/ : more than one race

           apartheid /əˈpɑːtaɪt/: it was a system in south africa in which people were
                  divided into racial groups and kept apart by law
           segregation /ˌseɡrɪˈɡeɪʃn/ : keeping people apart or divided
           resistance /rɪˈzɪstəns/ : refusal to accept it
           discrimination /dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃn/ : practice of treating people unfairly to one
                  group and fairly to another group

           radical /ˈrædɪkl/ : changes completely




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