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Setting up the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2022

Anthea Josias
Anthea Josias*
Affiliation:
Nelson Mandela Foundation
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Abstract

Nelson Mandela is one of history's most extraordinary individuals. He has many identities and roles: a son of the Eastern Cape; a South African citizen; elder in a large family; the longest-serving political prisoner on Robben Island and in other apartheid prisons; former leader of the ANC; former President of South Africa; international statesperson; and the most powerful symbol of dedication to human liberation in the world. Establishing an institution of memory to honour him, to document his life, and promote his legacy is imperative.

From the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Project Statement

Type
Research Article
Information
African Research and Documentation , Volume 97 , 2005 , pp. 3 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © International African Institute 2005

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References

1 Address to rally in Cape Town, 11 February 1990.

2 The oppressed and exploited must lead South Africa out of apartheid. Keynote address to ANC Consultative Conference, December 14 1990.