Tag Archives: MANDELA

Meet Watford striker with tattoo of Nelson Mandela, Bob Marley, Martin Luther King and others

Andre Anthony Gray is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Watford, and for the Jamaica national team. His astounding back tattoo, which contains images of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Rosa Parks, and different recreation-converting, modern legends from darkish history. Gray called …

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Liliesleaf Farm where Mandela started anti-apartheid journey risks closure in South Africa

The farm that served as the nerve center of Nelson Mandela and other activists in their campaign to overturn South Africa’s apartheid regime risks permanent closure, according to British broadcaster Sky News. The secret base at Liliesleaf Farm was used by leading figures of the country’s liberation struggle, including Walter …

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What Nelson Mandela told Black Stars players in 2010

A sub-story of Ghana’s successful participation in the 2010 World Cup was when the Black Stars paid a visit to the highly-revered Nelson Mandela. The team called on the former South Africa President after their dramatic qualification to the quarter-final which came as a result for a stupendous extra-time strike from Asamoah …

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The strange tale of Nelson Mandela’s gold-cast hands

In May 2003, Nelson Mandela—former South African president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and hero to millions—sat down at the dinner table of his house in Johannesburg and laid his right hand, palm side down, into a lump of cold dental putty. A team of technicians from the precision-casting division …

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Zindzi Mandela dies in Johannesburg hospital

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has passed away, public broadcaster SABC has reported. She passed away in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59. The death has been confirmed by a family source, SABC reports. She was the South African ambassador to …

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