mandiba's cell on robben island... it sure made me think.
from prisoner
to president...it was nelson mandela's 90th birthday a couple of days back.
a truly amazing man who is one of the greastest people of the the last century.
he lead the independence movement in south africa, fighting against the evil racist apartheid state and suffering decades of imprisonment for his honourable aims. In stark contrast to arseface mugabi, another independence leader in southern africa who let power go to his head and become an oppressor, no better than those overthrown, mandela showed forgiveness and graciousness to those his tormentors. A hero to millions of his fellow south africans hundreds of millions more other africans and a figure of much respect the planet over. If only other political figures the world over had a shred of his credibility.
An imperfect man who personifies dignity... viva mandiba!
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