Burying Comrade #Nelson_Mandela
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I attended two official commemoration events in Cape Town this week to mark the passing of Nelson Mandela. The first was a religious gathering on Friday past outside the city hall of Cape Town, symbolically significant as the place where he gave his first speech upon release from prison in 1990. The second was the widely celebrated official city memorial at the Cape Town stadium. For many, these events were an important opportunity to commemorate the Nelson Mandela that has become dear to so many South Africans in a manner that sublimely transcends his particular political affiliations or history. There was music and much joyousness and much to be moved by. Particularly in the musical and poetic orations of a generation born after 1994, who have come to hold such a charming affection (...)
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