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  • Nelson Mandela's 96th birthday

    Google Doodle honours former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary on the 96 anniversary of his birth.Starting with an illustration of the former leader, visitors to the site can click through a number of his most well-known quotes, coupled with illustrations depicting stages of his 'Long Walk to Freedom'.

    96 years ago today that Nelson Mandela was born; a revolutionary who would become the face of magnanimity, compassion and wisdom, and “father of the nation” for South Africa.Mandela was born on the 18 July 1918 and died last year, on the 5 December 2013, after suffering from a pulmonary infection. He served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, following 27 years in prison, charged with convictions of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the state.

    He famously said: “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”


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