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The day he was 100 years old, South Africa and the international community paid tribute today to the memory of Nelson Mandela the most famous of the heroes of the struggle against racial segregation " apartheid ".
In his native country, a great official act in the region where he was born – the Eastern Cape Province – brought together the country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, former leaders of the African National Congress's militancy ( ANC) to celebrate the legacy of this "fearless" fighter who gave his life to the dream of achieving a just society for all.
" He sacrificed his career as a lawyer sacrificed his freedom . Even faced with the prospect of the death penalty the provocateur reaffirmed the superiority the moral ideals of freedom justice and equality "Ramaphosa recalled today, while in Johannesburg his third wife, Graça Machel, led a symbolic march on the" long road to freedom of Mandela escorted by prominent figures, such as former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan or Britain's Richard Branson
On the sidelines of high-profile acts, thousands of Anonymous South Africans participated in food donation drives and blankets, concerts, sporting events and conferences, which happened throughout the country with solidarity as a transversal value.
Even Frederik de Klerk , of the rnier afrikaner president of South Africa and the man next to whom Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his joint work of dismantling "l & # 39; apartheid, "he sent a message reminding that he was not only a" great politician "but also a" great man "and an" example ".
In social networks, messages with famous quotes from " Madiba " (as Mandela is popularly known in his country) and words of thanks multiplied under the labels "Mandela100", "MandelaDay" And "BeTheLegacy" (Be the Legacy), sent not only from South Africa but from all over the world.
International institutions such as the UN and political leaders of all kinds contributed to it, from British Prime Minister Theresa May; to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, through the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez.
Latin American Presidents Michel Temer (Brazil), Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (President Elect of Mexico) also have
" I have had the chance to meet Nelson Mandela repeatedly and I have always been impressed by his wisdom and compbadion Madiba has shown us that values such as forgiveness respect and service are not just words but words. concrete actions that we can all undertake "said António, UN Secretary-General Guterres, on the occasion of the centenary
" Happy 100th Anniversary Tata (…) I will always be blessed by 20 years of love, wisdom and guidance. I still love you, "said the former model Naomi Campbell in the same way, with a photo of her with Mandela.
The variety of tributes proves that the legacy of Mandela – began in 2013 – He crossed the borders to become a World Heritage Site despite being born in a remote African rural area destined to become a counselor of a royal family of Xhosa ethnicity.
Therefore, Mandela is also He remembered these days, for example, with exhibitions in London and Argentina and with an act at the headquarters of United Nations in New York where not only politicians but also Hollywood actors
Even the famous statue of Manneken Nelson Mandela .
This Tuesday, the South African leader had also received the homage of one of his most famous admirers admitted, the former US President Barack Obama, who went to South Africa as an honorary speaker at a conference organized by the Mandela Foundation in a stadium in Johannesburg
"Madiba reminds us that no one is born to hate another because of the color of their skin. People learn to hate and they can learn to hate, they can learn to love, love is more natural to the human heart, "Obama told an audience of 15,000 people.
Tributes will not stop today but at least in South Africa, will continue until December, when the Global Citizen music festival will bring the country to stars such as Beyoncé , Chris Martin and Ed Sheeran. EFE
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