watching the tributes from political, cultural, business, entertainment leaders from around the world. the who’s who, who were photographed with Mandela after he was released from prison. Mandela in the springbok rugby top. how de Klerk and Mandela successfully managed the ending of the apartheid regime what a great man Nelson Mandela was. i was nine yrs old when i saw ‘free Nelson Mandela’ on top of the tops ( one of the then premier music shows – terrestrial ‘youtube’, for the uk ). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZKZILvE70 the song has always stuck with me – so soulful, full of yearning. Mandela was… Read more »
It’s really a testament to the power of music to inform and influence change. As a teenager I had no clue who Mandela was, but I knew The Specials. They broadened my horizons.
watching the tributes from political, cultural, business, entertainment leaders from around the world. the who’s who, who were photographed with Mandela after he was released from prison. Mandela in the springbok rugby top. how de Klerk and Mandela successfully managed the ending of the apartheid regime what a great man Nelson Mandela was. i was nine yrs old when i saw ‘free Nelson Mandela’ on top of the tops ( one of the then premier music shows – terrestrial ‘youtube’, for the uk ). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZKZILvE70 the song has always stuck with me – so soulful, full of yearning. Mandela was… Read more »
It’s really a testament to the power of music to inform and influence change. As a teenager I had no clue who Mandela was, but I knew The Specials. They broadened my horizons.