Nelson Mandela is dead, and now the world finally gets a chance to experience the greatness that comes with the spirit and person of the man. I think that until the death of a great man or woman, his/her greatness is diminished by the size and limits of his/her physical space. As long as we continue to see greatness embodied, we’d continue to see its limitations. Once death takes the body, the true greatness finally gets unleashed and in certain cases it takes on a mythical strength.

In Nelson Mandela’s case, his greatness in death has been expressed by men, women, children and people from all races. For once the world was united in celebrating a man who seemed to be a mirror that helped to show each of us how we could be better. He was certainly not a perfect man, and most people will not get a chance to come out of prison alive and sane after 27 years, but Mandela not only did, but it appeared that prison helped him become the Mandela that gained the world’s admiration.

He is the answer to the question: Can anything good thing come out of Africa? Yes, Madiba is of Africa and what a man he was. As Africans, we could easily transform this beautiful continent by just looking at Nelson Mandela and his values and using the same as the standard for ourselves. What if we all adopted a “What Would Mandela Do?” approach to everything? This would be especially necessary for those who are privileged to be leaders amongst us. We cannot continue to do things as we please without style, character or direction. We have a choice as a people to use Mandela as that example of how to lead and how to practice the politics of fairness and sportsmanship. If we all, like the great man, accepted that in the end leadership is about service and service is about the people, we’d make better choices.

Nelson Mandela has come and gone. His memory and greatness will be here for as long as we have the earth. It would not be enough to share his best quotations and wax lyrical about how great he was. That is good but that would not be good enough one month, one year, one decade and many score years from now. We need to learn from Mandela’s examples and choices. We need to imbibe his strength and learn even from his own mistakes.

None of us will ever be a Mandela, but the world Mandela left behind, both on the continent and in South Africa, is a world that remains troubled by problems that would be dispensed with if men and women cared enough about others. Mandela left a world that cries for true and genuine leadership. There is so much to do and so much space to fill as Africa cries out for exemplary leadership. This is what we must live by as we remember Mandela: What Would Mandela Do? Then make the best decision you can based on your own unique circumstances.

RIP Nelson Mandela 1918 - 2013

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What is all this nonsense sef?

What did mandela did than got arrested for fighting the wrong and remanded for 27yrs. Was he fighting boxing inside the cell?

If not for other countries who were fighting for his release, who wld have rot there!

The truth is:
The whites had taken over in south Africa, and releasing mandela will be a grt disaster for the resident whites in south africa.

i can bet wth my life that mandela was released on the pact that he agreed not to stir violence against the whites! Something the blacks wld gladly do if he ask for it! He was that capable and dangerous!

His ex-wife was brutally totures and arrested for fighting against the whites till today! She bilivd the whites are still the owners of SA. And she is right. A larger percentage of their wealth resides with them!

Simple logic will make u realise that wen he was released,, he distanced himself from his ex-wife whom they av both been fighting before he was arrested and who kept fighting while he was in prison!

The wife clearly knws its more than meets the eye! Mandela has been bought and tamed!

He came back and cldnt even see the injustice of the economy! The whites woned SA. He cldnt talk abt his people's cries of them being sidelined! He kept mute and preached peace! Something he had agreed to do before being released!

And the world wide recegnition given to him was greatly planned! What is the meaning of mandiba of africa? How many African countries did he fought for except SA?

The truth is, mandela failed in the fight for his people! He abandoned his cause for his freedom!
He is a hero to SA, no doubt. But he is a fraud!

The whItes clearly used him to protect their assets in SA. He is the only one who cld av taken back the possessions of the blacks from the whites!

Pls, enuff!

^^^^ look at this conspiracy bigot!!!!
So he abandoned his cause to fight for freedom? Are you serious? Wat had he being fighting for religious cleansing?? Oil spill
Listen!!! his main struggle was for a free SA. Free from racial discrimination, and the oppression of apartheid!!! Invariably he fought for FREEDOM!!!!

abubaka101: ^^^^ look at this conspiracy bigot!!!!
So he abandoned his cause to fight for freedom? Are you serious? Wat had he being fighting for religious cleansing?? Oil spill
Listen!!! his main struggle was for a free SA. Free from racial discrimination, and the oppression of apartheid!!! Invariably he fought for FREEDOM!!!!

^^
What freedom?
Was he fighting boxing in prison?
His ex-wife was the one continuing the cause and very funny, most of u didn't knw!

South African freedom was largely influence by the other African leaders!

And the worst part is, SA blacks are still very much in bondage aside walking free. They fuckin av no job! Only few of them cld boast of that!

Majorities of SA's wealth in the hands of the whites and u can't change that!

SLIDE waxie: ^^
What freedom?
Was he fighting boxing in prison?
His ex-wife was the one continuing the cause and very funny, most of u didn't knw!

South African freedom was largely influence by the other African leaders!

And the worst part is, SA blacks are still very much in bondage aside walking free. They fuckin av no job! Only few of them cld boast of that!

Majorities of SA's wealth in the hands of the whites and u can't change that!

The problem is CORRUPTION!!! Mandela and others fought for freedom and equality!!!! And they achieved dat. d problem they face nw is mainly corruption....