(OPride) – On July 18, 2013, South Africans and people across the world celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 95th birthday as he recovers in Pretoria hospital.
Since the United Nations ratified Nelson Mandela International Day as a day of service in 2009, once a year, on his birthday, people around the world make conscious efforts to embody the values and visions of this iconic figure that has become a touchstone of moral capital. On Thursday, citizens’ from the UN headquarters in New York to Pretoria, from Toronto and Boston to Nairobi, and even the International Space Station, commemorated the life and struggle of this exemplary figure in South Africa’s ‘long walk to freedom.’
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Display at Liliesleaf Farm/Museum, Rivonia – Johannesburg, South Africa:
