This video is called Nelson Mandela‘s first TV interview in 1961 by ITN reporter Brian Widlake.
From daily The Morning Star in Britain:
Mandela‘s granddaughter thanks Glaswegian supporters
Saturday 19th July 2014
NELSON Mandela’s granddaughter had a simple message for Glaswegians yesterday as Scotland marked the late statesman’s birthday — thank you.
Tukwini Mandela last night led a Mandela Day remembrance ceremony on Glasgow’s Nelson Mandela Place, pointedly renamed in 1988 to the annoyance of South African consulate staff who worked there.
Ms Mandela told reporters that it was a bittersweet anniversary.
But she was grateful to the people of Glasgow: “I know that Glasgow was one of the first cities that awarded my grandfather the keys to the city.
“It galvanised a lot of the European cities to pay attention to what was going on in South Africa,” she said.
The icon of black liberation spent nearly three decades as a political prisoner under South Africa’s white supremacist regime before international solidarity campaigns forced his release.
Glasgow’s decision to grant “the freedom of the city” in 1981 brought vilification in the Establishment press, portraying the gesture as consorting with a terrorist.
But Dundee and Aberdeen soon followed suit and by 1990 the Establishment press was hailing his release as the end of a repressive era.
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This is the real deal …. a giant of a human being!! RIP …..
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Thank you, Horty! All my best wishes 🙂
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You’re welcome!!! Same to you!! 🙂
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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I must be very confused about what the guy stood for and did.
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