The ANC site has a wealth of primary sources including a Mandela
page with speeches, photographs, a biography, his autiobiograpy, honors,
awards, etc. http://www.anc.org.za
July 18, 2005 BBC historical slide show, including audio file of Mandela's speech at the Rivonia Trial. In honor of Mandela's birthday, 18 July 1918. [KF] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4687267.stm
Free online videos from the U.S. cable television station, C-Span. Very large selection on African figures and topics. Videos may also be purchased. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/
Includes
Site for the PBS TV program, May 25, 1999. Interviews with a wide variety
of people who knew Mandela (his biographer -Richard Stengel, Thembu chiefs,
Joe Matthews, Fatima Meer, Ahmed Kathrada, a man who hid Mandela in his apartment
for almost 2 months, Neville Alexander, Fikile Bam, George Bizos, Mandela's
guard, Strini Moodley, Jessie Duarte, Anthony Sampson, and others. Includes
copies of Mandela's letters, chapters from his memoirs. Has a chronology (1912-1998),
the transcript of
the TV program, a teacher's
guide. For those with a sound card, speakers, and fast connection - there
is a 1977 video of a journalists' visit to Robben Island.[KF] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/
Article about Nelson Mandela's Harvard visit to accept an honorary degree
in the 100th Anniversary issue, November-December 1998 of Harvard
Magazine. The issue also contains excerpts from
Mandela's Harvard Address. http://harvardmagazine.com/1998/11/jhj.html
"South African Ahmed Kathrada served 26 years as a political prisoner
of apartheid with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. He is now
a member of South Africa's Parliament." The interview, by Harry Kreisler,
is part of the Institute of International Studies, U.C. Berkeley, "Conversations
with History" series. Includes a biography and information on the Ahmed Kathrada
Collection. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Kathrada/
Mandela 80th Birthday Celebration
Site closed. About fund raising efforts by The 80th Birthday Promotions
Company and other events for Mandela's July 18, 1998 80th birthday. http://mandela80.iafrica.com/main.htm
Mandela in Future of Hope Conference
Site has closed. Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Elie Wiesel and Shimon Peres
appeaed in an internet video conference live Dec. 6, 1995. Mandela spoke very
briefly on Bosnia. http://www.asahi.com/paper/hope/english/dec6.html
Describes Mandela's autobiography with long passages and photographs from
the book. Long walk to freedom : the autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston
: Little, Brown, c1994. 558 p., [24] p. of plates
http://archives.obs-us.com/obs/english/books/Mandela/Mandela.html
Established when its Chairperson Nelson Mandela pledged 1/3 of his salary
for five years to the fund. Report on its activities, trustees. http://www.mandela-children.ca/
"established in 1999 as the primary vehicle for Mr Mandela's continued pursuit
of the ideals and goals he set while serving as South Africa's first democratically
elected leader from 1994 – 1999." Has the text of Archbishop
Desmond Tutu's
Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture (Nov.
2004), speeches by Mandela. Projects include the
46664 Volunteer Campaign against HIV / AIDS, rural
education. Houses the
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Project and the Mandela Archive
(photographs,
video of launch ceremony with Mandela,
Ahmed Kathrada, Donald Card). Based in Johannesburg.
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/
Commemorates the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison on 11 February 1990. Has archival documents, photographs, news footage and other audio-visual material related to the release and the political events directly preceding and following. From Doxa Productions, its Visual History Archive, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. http://www.20yearsoffreedom.com/
Mandela won the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F. W. De Klerk. His biography,
his Nobel lecture, a long article on Mandela, related web sites. http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1993/index.html
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