Mandela neither demanded nor received an entirely unconditional devotion; in power he expected his compatriots to behave as assertive citizens not genuflecting disciples
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Karolin SchapsKarolin Schaps interned with openDemocracy in the summer of 2005. She is currently reading Media Studies – Print Journalism at the University of Westminster. Brought up in Brussels as a German she is a true European and interested in anything to do with Europe. She is the London representative of the European affairs online magazine www.cafebabel.com and has published several articles in Schmidt Magazine, on student websites and in German local newspapers. Recent articlesBrussels' African heartbeat Belgium’s annual, multicultural festival, Couleur Café, reminds Karolin Schaps that Africa is not “there” but “here”. |
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