Michelle Obama Meets With Nelson Mandela in South Africa

One topic that has been hitting the news hard recently was about Michelle Obama visiting Nelson Mandela in South Africa. Her two daughters were along with her for the week long trip to South Africa. They to were invited to Mandela's house to visit and chit-chat with Mandela himself and his wife. This site was very interesting to me because it talked a lot about Mandela's accomploishments and everything he had to do to get to be President and to where he was today. Mandela went into detail about how he spent twenty-seven years in prison because of his movement aganist apartheid. Reading further down in the story the journalist Mackenzie C. Babb talked to a presidental adviser, Ben Rhodes, he talks about how certain areas in Africa have prospered and became more democratic because women are taking over them and running those areas.

This site really draws in the readers attention because it's current. We are constantly wondering what our First Lady of the U.S. is doing. Seeing this makes you want to read about it to find out more on what she is up to right now. The first half of the article discusses Mandela's journey and all the criticism he had to go through to get Africa the abolished system of racial seperation. From this article I also learned that Mandela was the First Black President for his country from 1994-1999. He has gone through some really tough times, rough times, and even hard times, but he stood his ground and got exactly what he wanted to accomploish done.

Another thing that caught my attention from this article is how Michelle Obama is trying to make a difference in other countries. She gave a speech at a Young African Leaders Forum trying to encourage those women to get out their and make a difference. They can do just as much as the men in their country, if not more. By doing this the First Lady is fulfilling her husbands goal of advancing the democracy over in Africa. She is taking on many tasks while gone, but she sticks to her schedule and does what she thinks is right and needs to be done.