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Published in: HomeMandela and Cuba: another memory hole
Recognition of the role of Cuba in aiding the ANC whilst the western powers backed apartheid is hardly serviceable...
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Published in: 50.50Nelson Mandela: Who tells the story?
I don’t believe that the story of forgiveness and reconciliation in our collective transition to democracy in the...
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Published in: HomeMandela: a visual memorial
On the day of his funeral, an infographic commemorates the key moments in Nelson Mandela's life as the leader of the...
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Published in: TransformationNelson Mandela knew when to talk and when to fight
To effect social transformation, fighting is essential, but if we take fighting too far then we risk destroying what...
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Published in: HomeMandela’s utilitarianism and the struggle for liberation
“Mandela was a great leader because he recognized that the movement had become a civil insurrection, a largely...
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Published in: openSecurityMandela: explaining the magnetism
While the world stops for Nelson Mandela’s departure from it, his iconic status is unquestioned. Yet there is a more...
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Published in: 50.50Mandela: towards a non-sexist South Africa
Part of the blessing of Mandela’s longevity is that he modeled reflexive behaviour which changed over time. To...
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Published in: HomeMandela, icon
What is it that we see when we look into its smiling eyes? Above all, it is for his humanity and what I would like...
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Published in: HomeNelson Mandela: see the movement he personified as well as the man
Nelson Mandela was a great man, but it is the movement he was part of which changed the world.
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Published in: HomeMandela, communism, and South Africa
The documentary evidence of Nelson Mandela’s membership of the South African Communist Party can contribute to a...