Archive for December 7th, 2013

“He was born Rolihlahla Mandela on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, a tiny village of cows, corn and mud huts in the rolling hills of the Transkei, a former British protectorate in the south.” NY Times Obituary for Nelson Mandela “What else is there to do when you are alone for days in the dull […]

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“What else is there to do when you are alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell other than write long letters, think strange thoughts, and pray long prayers?” Martin Luther King Jr. Letter From Brimingham (1963) The former leper colony Robben Island  is located in Cape Town, South Africa and […]

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