Happy Birthday Madiba
One of my very few political heroes celebrates his 90th birthday today, Nelson Mandela´s impact on South Africa´s change from Apartheid state to Rainbow nation is one that can´t be overstated. This is one of the occasions when one person really made a tremendous difference. I had the opportunity and great pleasure of working as a wolunteer at one of Mandela´s first appearences abroad after being released from Robben Island after 27 years in prison 1990. It´s still a night and a speech that i treasure and cherish as one of my very best memories ever.
Happy Birthday Madiba!
Labels: Apartheid, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, rainbow nation, South Africa
posted by Ibn ad Dunya at 2:01 PM
6 Comments:
Happy Birthday Mandela :)
I was so surprised that he was only JUST removed from the American terrorist list, despite being celebrated for his peaceful work
Well, the Americans are not that quick to adapt to new political realities ,Arabista...
Happy birthday!
Another slant on this (but not as recent a development) is that Mandela's case could not be taken by Amnesty International, while Robert Mugabe was...
Hi Sniff! Because ANC was labeled as a terroristorganization while ZANU was not?
Very interesting, in retrospective...
Great bloog you have
Nice posst
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