Mandela Magic from Beyond the Grave
US President Barak Obama yesterday (10 December 2013) shook hands with Cuban leader Raul Castro. Appropriately this gesture of friendship took place during the memorial service held for former South African president Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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| Photo from telegraph.co.uk |
How fitting this gesture was at this time. Nelson Mandela became a world symbol for peace and reconciliation after his release from 27 years as a political prisoner under the old apartheid government of South. On his release Mandela, known to the world as Madiba, extended the hand of reconciliation to his former enemies. Mandela believed in freedom and equality for all people, regardless of race, creed or gender.
