When I first heard about Nelson Mandela he was in prison on Robben Island. We had just moved from Rhodesia to South Africa and were living in Cape Town. We were told that Nelson Mandela was a dangerous terrorist. He served 27 years in prison before he was released in 1990.
I remember seeing Robben Island from the window of a Sikorsy 58 Helicopter that my dad was flying to drop off supplies at a light house. The thought that was mainly on my mind was that Nelson Mandela was in one of those buildings down there.
Nelson Mandela could have had a lot of bitterness when he got out of jail but he chose to forgive his persecutors as well as the rest of the white tribe that had treated him so badly. He could have called for a bloodbath but instead he called for peace and proved to be a true statesman. The country of South Africa is indebted to"Madiba."
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