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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Miguel SousaTavaresMiguel Sousa Tavares is a Portuguese columnist with the daily newspaper Público and a political commentator on TVI’s evening news. His latest books are Não Te Deixarei Morrer, David Croquett (I Won’t Let You Die, David Crockett) and Sul (South). Recent articlesThe night I became European The EU has enlarged, not diminished, freedom for Portugal: the liberating end to a purely national destiny, even with jaqizimhos no longer on the menu. A Portuguese writer describes how a disco night and a visit to Morocco helped reinforce a borderless confidence. |
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