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Jazeeras ali velshi joined by Al Jazeera Morgan radford who new Nelson Mandela on a personal level, ali . Yeah, you can hear the cheering at the end of moons comments and its more somber in there at moments, outside people are still streaming in and starting to become a trickle and morgan is here with me and morgan knows the family. Today is not the family event, the family funeral will be on sunday in the mandela home. But the family is here and this is the way for the rest of the world who really thinks of themselves in many ways as Nelson Mandelas family to celebrate. They call him father of the nation and we heard the youngest of the three young men born to mandelas only son and he spoke about the legacy his grandfather left and afterwards that cut the cameras to president obama and the entire stadium erupted and ....
Violence not to take over the country but to get the white minority regime to listen to the demands of black people. But even early in 64, Martin Luther king was calling for Nelson Mandelas release. In 1965, he spoke in london and called for internal sanctions. He echoed that in the 80s. And, of course, as you know, the Free South Africa Movement in which president obama spoke about being a part of as a young student was very much a part of the ultimate number of things that brought an end to apartheid in south africa. I was here in 85. And as you said, it was a gruesome, gruesome period. And i went to a hilltop so that i could overlook the prison where they said Nelson Mandela had a garden that he used to tend. And i was so hoping, if i couldnt see him, ....
Into a civil war. Because of the politics of Nelson Mandela, it called for healing and it pulled this country together so that when you look around today and see all fees faces coming together to say farewell to him, you know there is a lot more to do in south africa. They have come a long, long way. A lot of thanks to Nelson Mandela. As we listen to the music also, the list of speakers to follow include president obama, then followed by the president of brazil, the Vice President of china, the president of india and president raul castro of cuba and the keynotes which will be delivered by the president of south africa and as we watch this genuine musical appreciation. As we watch this musical event of what Nelson Mandela meant to south africa. Talk about the list o ....
That ranks them in the top ten that is interesting coming from that source. So i think the jury is still out. Papers are still being declassified. People are being the broader perspective. Hopefully people keep having these discussions. How much of her papers did she preserve for the public . Shes got a lot. She took extensive notes and diaries. Theres a lot of private comments in there and in general, those are still havent been available to historians. So shes a great documenter, shes a good historian herself. The memoir, the white house years is something i always recommend to people. You can still get copies. In fact, i have one here. First lady from plains. It is one of five books that mrs. Carter has authored or coauthored in her years since the white house. Thats it for our time and i want to say thank you for their continuing help to produce the series and well have a list of many of the others who made this possible. And thanks to our two guests for their information and your ....
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