Africa: Lessons From Mandela for the Spoilt, Selfish African Leaders

opinion

I really like Nelson Mandela, whose 99th birthday was marked three days ago.

He belongs to a pantheon of mine, whose other members are my grandfather, who didn't do much but taught me stuff about being an African tribesman, which is important, and my father, who actually did fight in a war.

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