MR. MANDELA

MY ROAD TRIP WITH NELSON MANDELA

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February 29th 2008
MY ROAD TRIP WITH NELSON MANDELA Nelson Mandela’s book “Long Walk To Freedom” is not stunning prose. It doesn’t really need to be. The fact that Mr. Mandela tells his story so simply, in such an unadorned style, somehow makes his accomplishments, and South Africa’s, even more remarkable. If an adventurer writes, “I dove off the boat into the gathering school of sharks, ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more