Dates That Made History
11 February 1990: Liberation of Nelson Mandela
Directed by Denis van WaerebekeTV-PG
S1 • E6 Mar 30, 2018 27m“I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people” : those are the first words pronounced by Nelson Mandela after his release from prison, after 27 years of incarceration. The event struck a chord worldwide, reminding us that South Africa, historically, was not only the first country to be colonised but also the last country to be decolonised.
