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Namanya Anies Rasyid Baswedan Ph.D. Ia cucu AR Baswedan, pejuang pergerakan nasional yang pernah jadi Menteri Penerangan masa awal kemerdekaan Indonesia. Ia anak ke-1 Drs. Rasyid Baswedan (Dosen Fak Ekonomi UII) dan Prof. Dr. Aliyah Rasyid (Dosen Fak Ilmu Sosial, UNY). Ia sejak remaja akrab degan dunia akademisi. Masa SMA-nya selama 4 tahun karena terpilih sebagai peserta program AFS, 1 tahun SMA-nya di Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Amerika Serikat (1987-1988). Ia kemudian melanjutkan kuliah di UGM. Dan saat itu ia dapat beasiswa kuliah musim panas di Univ. Sophia Jepang. Setelah lulus kuliah di UGM pada 1995, Anies bekerja di Pusat Antar Universitas Studi Ekonomi di UGM. Lalu ia dapat beasiswa Fulbright untuk master bidang International Security  dan  Economic Policy di Univ. Maryland. Ia dapat William P. Cole III Fellow di Maryland School of Public Policy, ICF Scholarship  dan  SEAN Student Award.  2005, Ia jadi peserta Gerald Maryanov Fellow di Departemen Ilmu Poli...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. He went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961. After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. In June 1961, the ANC executive considered his proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela's campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC. This led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948. He went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961. After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. In June 1961, the ANC executive considered his proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela's campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC. This led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labour. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the...