Madiba's Birthday

[Smiley73]

So today Nelson Mandela turns 94. That's a pretty big deal, he represents a whole lot in South Africa (obviously).

 

I was born after he became president in '94 and he had left office before I was old enough to really know anything about him, but for the older BT'ers, did the whole end of Apartheid thing make big news internationally?

 

I've never seen Mandela, he stopped going out in public near a decade ago - he's really frail, from the hard labour in prison and then just his sheer age

 

Otherwise I'll answer questions if people have, or google them, whatever's more appropriate...

[Niniel]

Oh yeh, it was big news. Everyone talked about it.

[Smiley73]

Oh yeh, it was big news. Everyone talked about it.

 

was it big news before then?

[Niniel]

Yes it was. Everyone knew about the apartheid and of course everyone were against it. We knew he was in prison and when he got out it brought hope.

[dicetosser1]

it was MASSIVE smiley! absolutely massive

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

happy birthday?

[Ithillian Turambar]

There was a song and everything. We all knew about Nelson Mandela. He is Legend.

[Smiley73]

http://mg.co.za/multimedia/2012-07-17-the-kids-on-madiba-and-his-shuffle

 

madiba shuffle FTW