#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “It felt wonderful to shake Mandela’s hand” – 9 questions for 9ice on his 2008 performance

by Seun Oluyemi In 2008, musician 9ice was one of the performers from across the world who performed at the 90th birthday anniversary of Nelson Mandela – representing Nigeria. He shares the experience with Seun Oluyemi How would you describe Mandela? Nelson Mandela is a selfless leader, a rare gem, truthful and genuine. I wish... Read More

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December 15, 2013

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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: How to honour Nelson Mandela, by Joachim Mac-Ebong

by Joachim Mac-Ebong Part of the sorrow of Mandela’s death is that there appears to be no current African leader fit to tie his shoelaces. Even those mentored by him directly in the ANC are unable to emulate him. When the death of Nelson Mandela was announced by Jacob Zuma, Barack Obama’s statement said in part:... Read More

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December 15, 2013

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Editors’ pick: Our best 20 tributes to Nelson Mandela

by Emmanuel Osanedum and Mark Amaza From those who would preserve the myth because it comforts the world to those who insist he was all too human, these 20 assessments of the man called Mandela, curated by Emmanuel Osanedum and Mark Amaza will give wholesome insight as to his legacy Lynne Duke passed on in... Read More

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December 15, 2013

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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: We are now on our own, by Wilfred Okiche

by Wilfred Okiche A young African, Wilfred Okiche captures the sense that the ground has finally shifted under Africa with Mandela’s death and he wonders how we will go from here. “The soul of Africa is departed and there is nothing miraculous left in the world” – Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate For most of Africa’s... Read More

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December 15, 2013

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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “What have you wrought, Nelson Mandela?”, by Dele Olojede

by Dele Olojede How come we went from Nelson Mandela to Jacob Zuma in 10 years flat, like a racing car in reverse, asks Dele Olojede Why is it that Mandela built himself a modest country home, fashioned after his prison bungalow to maintain a measure of familiarity, and with his own money, while Zuma... Read More

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December 10, 2013

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Opinion: Mandela’s long walk to freedom – Lesson to African leaders

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Mandela’s 27 years at Robben Island Prison provided the much needed tools of confronting and solving problems: delay gratification, acceptance of responsibility, dedication to the truth, and balancing. They are tools with which pain is confronted rather than avoided. It took 27 years for him to mellow from an angry man, better... Read More

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December 6, 2013

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He wasn’t perfect, but he was Mandela: An obituary

“Black man, you are on your own.” – Steve Biko “In the fell clutch of circumstance/I have not winced nor cried aloud Under the bludgeonings of chance/My head is bloody, but unbowed… I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul” – William Ernest Henley, Invictus (poem) “Him and his... Read More

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December 5, 2013

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“Nelson Mandela now belongs to the ages”: Pres. Obama, others pay tribute to Madiba

President Obama praised Nelson Mandela on Thursday, saying the former South African leader symbolized the fight for freedom and dignity throughout the world. “He achieved more than can be expected of any one man,” said the nation’s first African-American president. Mandela now “belongs to the ages,” Obama said at the White House within an hour... Read More

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December 5, 2013

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“He is now rested, he is now at peace”: This was how President Jacob Zuma announced Nelson Mandela’s death (WATCH)

by Isi Esene South Africa’s first democratically elected President and Apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela died today at the age of 95. Current President Jacob Zuma announced his death in a National broadcast saying Africa’s pre-eminent son is “now rested, he is now at peace…. our Nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost... Read More

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#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “It felt wonderful to shake Mandela’s hand” – 9 questions for 9ice on his 2008 performance

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: How to honour Nelson Mandela, by Joachim Mac-Ebong

Editors’ pick: Our best 20 tributes to Nelson Mandela

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: We are now on our own, by Wilfred Okiche

#YNaijaMandelaSpecial: “What have you wrought, Nelson Mandela?”, by Dele Olojede

Opinion: Mandela’s long walk to freedom – Lesson to African leaders

He wasn’t perfect, but he was Mandela: An obituary

“Nelson Mandela now belongs to the ages”: Pres. Obama, others pay tribute to Madiba

“He is now rested, he is now at peace”: This was how President Jacob Zuma announced Nelson Mandela’s death (WATCH)

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