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Bernadette 2022-04-11 08:01:01
Look at history from multiple perspectives
I wrote an article before, saying that Mandela was still alive in prison for such a long time, which shows that the South African government at that time was still very "kind". But after watching "Goodbye Bafana", I have another opinion. The film unfolds from the perspective of a prison...
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Bobbie 2022-04-11 08:01:01
Focus on Mandela rather than remember Bafana
Bafana and Mandela have nothing to do. If they had to be involved, they were all South Africans, all black.
Bafana was Grigori's childhood friend. He taught Grigory to speak their language and a special martial art. Grigori was the best choice to guard Mandela and his comrades because of his...
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[last lines]
Newscaster: Mr. Mandela, the man who has been in prison for nearly three decades, will be appearing in public for the first time any moment now... There is Mr. Mandela, Mr. Nelson Mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new South-Africa...
James Gregory: [in front of TV, reading from the 'Freedom Charter'] "There shall be peace and friendship. And all who love their people and their country shall say, as we say here: These freedoms we will fight for, side by side, throughout our lives, until we have won our liberty."
Newscaster: That is the man the world has been waiting to see, walking strongly, step by step further into freedom.
Subtitle: Four years later, in 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South-Africa.
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James Gregory: I grew up on a cattle farm in the Transkai. When you got no brothers to play with, you end up playing with the Kaffers.
