Nelson Mandela: A Prophet of Reconciliation
4 years, 5 months ago

Nelson Mandela: A Prophet of Reconciliation

Live Mint  

It would be inaccurate to search for a Mahatma Gandhi or a Martin Luther King, Jr., in Nelson Mandela. However, what Nelson Mandela as a political and moral leader made possible for humanity was to extend and expand our capacity to rethink politics in terms of an ethics of empathy, a politics of forgiveness and a revolution of values in South Africa. Mandela’s life experience speaks clearly for itself: the transformation of Mandela himself and that of the South African society went hand in hand. Either as an activist, as a prisoner or as a leader in government, Nelson Mandela remained intensely conscious of his moral and political responsibilities as a man in search for excellence. That is why, then, there were certainly moments and phases in Mandela’s life when his character as a moral leader and as a democratic hero came closer to the Gandhian ideal of a nonviolent Satyagrahi.

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‘I am prepared to die’: Mandela’s speech which shook apartheid
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I am prepared to die’: Mandela’s speech which shook apartheid

Al Jazeera  

Sixty years ago during the Rivonia Trial in South Africa, Nelson Mandela delivered one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. “Accused number one” had been speaking from the dock for almost three hours by the time he uttered the words that would ultimately change South Africa. But as Mandela later wrote in his autobiography, “I felt we …

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​​Nelson Mandela Day: India’s treatment of Muslims risks echoing the apartheid my grandfather fought against

The Independent  

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News 18  

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Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa
4 years, 11 months ago

Mandela’s release 30 years ago birthed a new South Africa

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa’s apartheid regime and instantly galvanized the country, and the world, to dismantle the brutal system of racial oppression. “Comrades and fellow South Africans, I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all,” Mandela said hours …

Embracing Nelson Mandela’s contested legacy
4 years, 11 months ago

Embracing Nelson Mandela’s contested legacy

Al Jazeera  

Thirty years ago this week, I sat in front of a television, waiting for Nelson Mandela to walk through the gates of Cape Town’s Victor Verster Prison, wondering what he would look like. Less than two years later, as the 1995 Rugby World Cup kicked off, Mandela would don the Springboks jersey and walk onto the field to shake the …

Embracing Nelson Mandela’s contested legacy
4 years, 11 months ago

Embracing Nelson Mandela’s contested legacy

Al Jazeera  

Thirty years ago this week, I sat in front of a television, waiting for Nelson Mandela to walk through the gates of Cape Town’s Victor Verster Prison, wondering what he would look like. Less than two years later, as the 1995 Rugby World Cup kicked off, Mandela would don the Springboks jersey and walk onto the field to shake the …

A tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
5 years, 3 months ago

A tribute to Mahatma Gandhi by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr

Hindustan Times  

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr stands next to a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi in his office in 1966. Mahatma Gandhi has done more than any other person of history to reveal that social problems can be solved without resorting to primitive methods of violence. In our struggle against racial segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, I came to see at a very …

'I believe in Mahatma Gandhi's vision of equality and justice', says Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
6 years, 5 months ago

'I believe in Mahatma Gandhi's vision of equality and justice', says Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture

Firstpost  

Former US President Barack Obama, who has often talked about the influence of Mahatma Gandhi on his life, on Tuesday invoked him during a major speech, while articulating his vision of equality, justice and freedom. Johannesburg: Former US President Barack Obama, who has often talked about the influence of Mahatma Gandhi on his life, on Tuesday invoked him during a …

A review of Mandela’s legacy
6 years, 5 months ago

A review of Mandela’s legacy

The Hindu  

Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “If a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” Nelson Mandela was a man who cherished the ideal of a free society all his life; an ideal that as he proclaimed at his trial in Pretoria, in April 1964, he hoped to live for, but if need be, …

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