World Icons: Nelson Mandela

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Who Nelson Mandela was:

• The man lovingly called "Madiba" by a nation that holds him in very deep respect
• The first black president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
• The man who presented the Springboks with the 1995 Rugby World Cup trophy in the film Invictus

Arrested Motion

Tribute by Brazilian street artists Os Gemeos

Who Nelson Mandela WAS NOT:

• The man who uttered the famous lines "Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, I'm free at last"
• God in the film Bruce Almighty
• The narrator's voice in March of the Penguins

The man was a great leader, people. How hard is it to google him?



Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela a.k.a. Madiba. 18 July 1918 ─ 5 December 2013.





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