Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013

   We will look back in history over coming decades [and others will for hundreds of years to come] and recall time and again, what a remarkable person Madeba was. Leadership from behind, encouraging the herd to stride out ahead, forgiveness despite all that apartheid had meant and 27 years in prison himself. Mandela's 'Long Walk to Freedom' is the basis for an upcoming film that I hope will be bumped up from it's Feb 6th release here in Oz. Check it out here and here

I'll be pretty keen to promote a particular session amongst UCA peoples to get a crowd along for it and/or similar for a DVD screening when that comes out!!

   Here was a man for his time, honed and shaped by the events that transpired to plave him where he was... we often want to say "well not everyone will be Nelson Mandela" but why not? why not be encouraged to make the tough choice, to give and to lead by example, making the best of what life and circumstances bring our way!!

Here are some other ways to explore the Mandela story:
ITN 6mins here 
Inauguration Speech[part of] here  
46664 Celebration Speech here 
‘Nelson Mandela’ The Specials here 

And most recently, for the soundtrack of the upcoming film based on the work 'Long Walk to Freedom'
‘Ordinary Love’ U2 here 
then there's ‘Invictus’ the film centred on Mandela's harnessing of the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unify the 'new' South Africa here