Two Visions of Mandela
The fact that he had emerged from prison as a graceful, compassionate, forgiving individual has had a staggering global impact.
Mandela and the Politics of Forgiveness
The U.S. and South Africa have kindred histories, and Mandela was revered here as a proxy for the American past.
by Jelani Cobb
Nelson Mandela
In a post-heroic age, Mandela attained the stature of a classical hero: at once a righteously angry warrior and a wise and just peacemaker, an emblem of reconciliation. Everything that was most promising in South Africa was identified with him, and all that is wretched and dispiriting was seen not as his failure but as a failure of the country to live up to him.
The Face of Freedom
Nelson Mandela, photographed in Soweto by Annie Leibovitz, in June, 1990.
Nelson Mandela
To have lived one’s life at the same time, and in the same natal country, as Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a guidance and a privilege we South Africans shared. I also knew the privilege of becoming one of his friends. I met him in 1964, during the Rivonia Trial, when he was being tried for acts of sabotage against the government, and I was present in court when he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Nelson Mandela
We are sentimental about Nelson Mandela. We use words like “love” and “beauty.” We did not only love him; we wanted him, after his years of deprivation, to be enveloped in love.
by Zoë Wicomb
Nelson Mandela
Mandela was a man apart. He was that rare individual whose time in detention served the useful purpose of solidifying his vision. In his decades of incarceration, he brought his outward existence and inner life into harmony; the depth of his humility ennobled him.
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