From the early 1980s, local governments in the UK began renaming streets, housing estates and community centres after Mandela as an act of protest.
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Barack Obama was asked to give the Mandela Lecture because he represents what the global liberation struggle icon stood for. He struck the right chord.
Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990 was met by an outpouring of poetic celebration both within South Africa and globally.
Barack Obama is delivering the Nelson Mandela lecture in a changing world dominated by the often outrageous utterances of his successor, US President Donald Trump.
Mandela continues to serve as a rare example of a principled politician committed to forgiveness and reconciliation.
Nelson Mandela’s centenary celebrations provide a chance to debunk the lie that he sold out black South Africans.
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies, Temple University
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Associate professor in Cultural Studies and English, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Dundee
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Post-doctoral researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the ERC funded project APARTHEID-STOPS that studies the transnational circulation of anti-apartheid expressive culture., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council