Thursday, December 5, 2013

World leaders mourn Nelson Mandela

Why Did It Take a Prisoner to Bring Down Apartheid?

Voice of America - ‎34 minutes ago‎
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's despised apartheid regime ended in a surprising way: not with the type of violence that distinguished the oppressive system, but through compromise and negotiation.
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Why Did It Take a Prisoner to Bring Down Apartheid?

FILE - President Nelson Mandela dances at a celebration concert following his inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, May 10, 1994.
FILE - President Nelson Mandela dances at a celebration concert following his inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, May 10, 1994.
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Anita Powell

Why Did It Take a Prisoner to Bring Down Apartheid?

In his own way Mandela was the greatest man on earth since Gandhi. So, maybe what one could say is that Mandela was the African Gandhi. I don't know what better praise for him to say than that.

 

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