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NELSON MANDELA - MADIBA

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robert gabriel mugabe of zimbabwe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WillyWilly

Marcus Garvey

Malcolm X

Mike Tyson

Hakeeom olajuwan

Martin luther king

Obasanjo - he still have pull

Messy Jesse jackson

michael jackson before he became an asian woman

Baba shegi the juju man from the forest in ogun state

Nelson mandela

bob johnson

Barak obama

His Excellency Otumba Chief Alao Akala

Dead: Martin Luther King Jnr AND Malcom X

Living: Nelson Mandela AND probably _me

willy*2:

His Excellency Otumba Chief Alao Akala

LOL

We no dey yarn of killers or thieves

Too many names to list.

Dead: Martin Luther King Jr
Living: Nelson Mandela (until he dies - a President Obama will be No.2!)

If the poster meant black person (man or woman)
As at now, I don't think even Mandela has the power Oprah has.
Remember that Oprah put gay and bi-sexual rights on the table for average americans.
Her influence on white america is so strong
That's why Obama is highly rated to have won her endorsement

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history.[1] She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey#Rankings_as_World.27s_most_influential_woman

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Winfrey's influence reaches far beyond pop-culture and into unrelated industries where many believe she has the power to cause enormous market swings and radical price changes with a single comment. During a show about mad cow disease with Howard Lyman (aired on April 16, 1996), Winfrey exclaimed, "It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" Texas cattlemen sued her and Lyman in early 1998 for "false defamation of perishable food" and "business disparagement", claiming that Winfrey's remarks subsequently sent cattle prices tumbling, costing beef producers some USD$12 million. On February 26, after a trial spanning over two months in an Amarillo, Texas court in the thick of cattle country, a jury found Winfrey and Lyman were not liable for damages. (After the trial, she received a postcard from Roseanne Barr reading, “Congratulations, you beat the meat!”) In June 2005 the first case of mad cow disease in a cow native to the United States was detected in Texas. The USDA concluded that it was most likely infected in Texas prior to 1997.

In 2005 Winfrey was named the greatest woman in American history as part of a public poll as part of The Greatest American. She was ranked #9 overall on the list of greatest Americans.

Winfrey's reach extends far beyond the shores of the U.S., where 49 million U.S. viewers see her talk show weekly. The show airs in 117 countries around the world “from Australia to Zimbabwe.”

I don't think even Mandela has this kind of power. . .

eldee:

If the poster meant black person (man or woman)
As at now, I don't think even Mandela has the power Oprah has.
Remember that Oprah put gay and bi-sexual rights on the table for average americans.
Her influence on white america is so strong
That's why Obama is highly rated to have won her endorsement

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in television history.[1] She is also an influential book critic, an Academy Award-nominated actress, and a magazine publisher. She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African American of all time, and the world's only black billionaire for three straight years. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey#Rankings_as_World.27s_most_influential_woman

Check this out
Winfrey's influence reaches far beyond pop-culture and into unrelated industries where many believe she has the power to cause enormous market swings and radical price changes with a single comment. During a show about mad cow disease with Howard Lyman (aired on April 16, 1996), Winfrey exclaimed, "It has just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" Texas cattlemen sued her and Lyman in early 1998 for "false defamation of perishable food" and "business disparagement", claiming that Winfrey's remarks subsequently sent cattle prices tumbling, costing beef producers some USD$12 million. On February 26, after a trial spanning over two months in an Amarillo, Texas court in the thick of cattle country, a jury found Winfrey and Lyman were not liable for damages. (After the trial, she received a postcard from Roseanne Barr reading, “Congratulations, you beat the meat!”) In June 2005 the first case of mad cow disease in a cow native to the United States was detected in Texas. The USDA concluded that it was most likely infected in Texas prior to 1997.

In 2005 Winfrey was named the greatest woman in American history as part of a public poll as part of The Greatest American. She was ranked #9 overall on the list of greatest Americans.

Winfrey's reach extends far beyond the shores of the US., where 49 million US. viewers see her talk show weekly. The show airs in 117 countries around the world “from Australia to Zimbabwe.”

I don't think even Mandela has this kind of power. . .

Please stop comparing Mandela to Oprah, they are not even in the same league!

Oprah is simply a wealthy TV mogul. Even in the arena of wealth, she's not at the top of that game - the Gates, the Buffets, the Helús, etc will put her in her place.

On the global stage, beyond the naive American crowd, Nelson Mandela is a giant!

The author said "Powerful And Respectful", and I submit that what Mandela lacks in (political) power, he makes up a million fold in respect.

Nelson Mandela can only be compared with fellow titans of this highly influential epoch in history: Pope John Paul II, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Albert Einstein, Mother Theresa, etc.

[size=16pt]List of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Nelson Mandela.[/size]

[edit] 1960s

* 1964 - Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College London
* 1965 - Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University of Leeds

Statue of Nelson Mandela at a Johannesburg shopping mall.
Statue of Nelson Mandela at a Johannesburg shopping mall.

[edit] 1970s

* 1973 - A nuclear particle discovered by scientists at the University of Leeds is named "Mandela particle"
* 1975 - Honorary life membership of the University of London Union
* 1979 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law, University of Lesotho, Maseru, 29 September

[edit] 1980

* Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, New Delhi, India, 14 November[1]

[edit] 1981

* Freedom of the City of Glasgow, 4 August.
* Road named after Mandela by the London Borough of Brent
* Bruno Kreisky Award for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria[2]

[edit] 1982

* Elected Honorary Life President of the Students' Union at the London School of Economics and Political Science

[edit] 1983

* Honorary citizenship of Rome, February.
* Honorary citizenship of Olympia, Greece, 17 March
* Honorary Doctorate of Laws. City College of New York, 5 June
* City Council of Dublin, Ireland, unveiled sculpture in a city park by Elisabeth Frink dedicated to Nelson Mandela, 26 June
* Award of the order Star of International Friendship in gold by the German Democratic Republic, 18 July
* City Council of Harlow, United Kingdom, renamed one of its major roads in honour of Nelson Mandela, 18 July
* AUEW/TASS, one of United Kingdom's major trade unions, held a special ceremony to rename their executive committee room the 'Nelson Mandela Room', 18 July
* Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich, 20 July
* UNESCO awards its first Simon Bolivar International Prize jointly to Nelson Mandela and King Juan Carlos of Spain at a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Simón Bolívar, 24 July[3]
* City Council of Leeds, United Kingdom, names the Civic Hall 'Nelson Mandela Gardens', 10 December
* Park in Hull, United Kingdom, named 'Mandela Park'
* Honorary LL.D, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
* City of Cardiff, Wales, named a street after Nelson Mandela
* The Students Unions of Warwick University, Coventry Polytechnic (now Coventry University) and South Bank Polytechnic (now London South Bank University) named rooms in honour of Nelson Mandela
* New York City renamed square in front of South African mission to the United Nations 'Nelson and Winnie Mandela Plaza'

[edit] 1984

* Honorary Degree, Free University of Brussels, 13 January
* London Borough of Camden Council, names the street where the Anti-Apartheid Movement has its headquarters as 'Mandela Street'.
* London Borough of Hackney Council, renames a housing block after Nelson Mandela, April
* Playa Giron Award, Cuba, awarded by Fidel Castro
* Honorary membership of National Association of Local Government Officers [NALGO] United Kingdom
* London Borough of Haringey Council, names housing development after Nelson Mandela
* Monument to Nelson Mandela unveiled in Merrion Square, Dublin
* Elected Honorary Member of the Students Association, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
* Freedom of the City of Wijnegem, Belgium
* Awarded Star of International Friendship, German Democratic Republic, 27 August[4]
* Freedom of the City of Aberdeen conferred on both Nelson and Winnie Mandela, 29 November
* School in German Democratic Republic named 'Nelson Mandela School'

[edit] 1985

* Revenue Staff Federation, United Kingdom, names its Commonwealth trade union scholarship after Nelson Mandela
* London Borough of Southwark names new road 'Mandela Way'
* Nottingham City Council names a room in a sports centre
* The Third World Prize, awarded annually by the London-based Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies, awarded jointly to Nelson and Winnie Mandela
* Awarded freedom of the City of Hull, United Kingdom.
* Awarded the Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize by Human Rights Institute of The Bar of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, 29 March
* Nigerian writers organisation, Writers and Journalists Against Apartheid (WAJAAP), confers title of Life Patron
* City of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, renames its speakers' corner Nelson Mandela Corner, September
* Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
* Honorary citizenship of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
* Diploma of Honour and Friendship from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October
* Statue of Nelson Mandela erected in London by Greater London Council, unveiled by Oliver Tambo on 28 October
* Senegal's President Abdou Diouf inaugurates Soweto Square and Nelson Mandela Avenue in the centre of Dakar, Senegal, 6 December
* Awarded Doctor of Laws degree by Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, December

[edit] 1986
Steet sign in Glasgow, Scotland.
Steet sign in Glasgow, Scotland.

* Elected Honorary Life President of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa
* Awarded the W E B DuBois International Medal by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)
* Coventry City Council named new building after Mandela
* Presented with the Alfonso Comin Foundation Peace Award in Barcelona, Spain
* Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales, given to Winnie and Nelson Mandela
* International Peace and Freedom Award by the Workers International Centre, Stockholm Sweden
* Awarded, with Winnie Mandela, the Third World Prize by the Strategic and International Studies Group of Malaysia, 5 May
* Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Zimbabwe
* Park in Leicester, England, named after Mandela
* Honorary membership awarded to Winnie and Nelson Mandela by the National Union of Seamen, United Kingdom
* St George's Place in Glasgow, Scotland, the location of the South African consulate is ranamed Nelson Mandela Place. [5]
* Made Honorary Freeman of Newcastle[6]

[edit] 1987

* First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
* Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
* Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
* Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
* Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
* Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
* Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
* Dutch football player Ruud Gullit dedicates his European Footballer of the Year award to Nelson Mandela

[edit] 1988

* Awarded Bremen Solidarity Prize, Federal Republic of Germany
* Nelson and Winnie Mandela given honorary membership of the National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom
* Awarded freedom of the City of Dublin, Ireland
* Awarded the Sakharov Prize
* Honorary Doctorate conferred, University of Carabobo, Venezuela, June
* People of Lefkada, Greece, award the Medal of Peace, August
* Honorary citizenship conferred by nine Greek municipalities Egaleo, Ellenikon, Glyfada, Ilioupolis, Daissariani, New Filadelfia, Nikaea, Preveza and Zogrofu
* Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by the University of Bologna, Italy, 12 September
* Honorary citizenship bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy, September
* Awarded the United Nations Human Rights Fourth Award, 10 December
* 'Nelson Mandela Road' named, New Delhi, India, 10 December

[edit] 1989

* Augusto César Sandino Award bestowed by Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, Managua, 21 February
* Freedom of the Municipality of Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. Award received on his behalf by Oliver Tambo
* Awarded Peace Prize of the Tipperary Peace Committee, Ireland
* Nuremberg Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela Platz', Nuremberg, Germany, June
* Honorary Doctorate of Laws, York University, Toronto, Canada, 16 June
* Square in Clayes-sous-Bois, France, named 'Nelson Mandela Square', September

[edit] 1990
Lenin Peace Prize Medal, awarded 1990
Lenin Peace Prize Medal, awarded 1990

* Made Honorary Life President of National Union of Mineworkers when he addressed its Central Committee, 21 April
* Granted freedom of the City of Harare, Zimbabwe, March
* 'Mandela Day', a public holiday declared in Zimbabwe on 5 March
* Awarded the Lenin Peace Prize for 1990, May
* Bestowed the Dr António Agostinho Neto Order, the highest honour of the People's Republic of Angola, 12 May
* Bestowed the award 'Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria', Lagos, 14 May
* Awarded the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights in Tripoli, Libya, 19 or 20 May
* Honorary degree in political science by the Cairo University, Egypt, May
* Bestowed Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, October
* Doctorate, honoris causa, conferred by University of Malaya, November
* Honorary Doctorate in law, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, Cape Town, 28 November

[edit] 1991

* Honorary LL.D Degree conferred, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 6 September
* Awarded Carter-Menil Human Rights Prize, 8 December
* Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize[7]

[edit] 1992

* Received 1991 UNESCO Peace Prize, Paris, 3 February
* Installed as Chancellor of the University of the North (now called University of Limpopo), 25 April
* Honorary LL.D Degree conferred by the University of Fort Hare, 9 May
* Honorary Doctorate conferred at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal, 30 June
* Presented with the Freedom of Miami Beach Medallion of Honour, Johannesburg, 29 September
* Pakistan conferred the Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, 3 October
* Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, Oviedo, Spain, 31 October
* Received the "Spirit of Liberty" award at the "People for the American Way" award ceremony, 8 November
* Received the Isitwalandwe Medal from the ANC.
* Awarded the Atatürk International Peace Prize by Turkey, but refused the award citing human rights violations committed by Turkey during that time, but later accepted the award in 1999.[8][9]

[edit] 1993
Bill Clinton presented Mandela with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on July 4 1993
Bill Clinton presented Mandela with the Philadelphia Liberty Medal on July 4 1993

* Received Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, Johannesburg, 12 May
* Received Philadelphia Liberty Medal. Presented by President of the United States Bill Clinton, Philadelphia, USA, 4 July
* Honorary Degree conferred, Clark Atlanta University, 10 July
* Received Apostolic Humanitarian Award, Johannesburg, 15 September
* Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August
* Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, Washington, DC, 1 October
* Received Honorary Degree from the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 8 October
* Awarded Nobel Peace Prize Oslo, Norway, 10 December
* Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin

[edit] 1994

* Received the New Nation/Engen Man of the Year Flame of Distinction award, 24 March
* Elected Newsmaker of the Year, with Deputy President F W de Klerk, by the Johannesburg Press Club, 25 May. Prof Kader Asmal received the award on 29 September
* Received the Hunger Project's 8th annual Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, London, 19 July
* Received Anne Frank medal for human rights and tolerance, Johannesburg, 15 August
* Received Sheikh Yusuf Peace Award from the Muslim Women's Federation, 10 September
* Received the Arthur A Houghton Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, 6 October
* Received Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award from Africare, 6 October
* Honorary Doctorate, Howard University, 7 October
* Received freedom of the town of Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal, 21 October (initially granted in 1989)
* Received the Olympic Gold Order from International Olympic Committee president, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Cape Town, 16 November
* Received Man of the Year Award from the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, 19 November 1994
* Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of South Africa
* Awarded the "Commonwealth Champion of Health" medal, received by South African athletes at the Commonwealth Games, Canada

[edit] 1995

* Africa Peace Award - sponsored jointly by the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) - presented at a ceremony in Durban, March
* 'Nelson Mandela Road' to Katse, Lesotho, inaugurated, 13 July
* Received Pretoria Press Club's 1994 Newsmaker of the Year Award, Pretoria, 20 July
* Granted the Freedom of Uitenhage, Uitenhage, 14 September
* Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the College of Medicine of South Africa, Johannesburg, 17 October
* Harvard Business School Statesman of the Year Award, 14 December
* Human Rights Institute, with President Mandela as honorary chairman, launched in London by the International Bar Association, December 1995

[edit] 1996

* Awarded honorary fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
* Indira Gandhi Award for International Justice and Harmony bestowed. Award received by Justice Minister Dullah Omar in New Delhi, India, January
* Received the World Citizenship Award of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
* U Thant Peace Award bestowed by Sri Chinmoy, 29 January
* Created Knight of the Order of the Elephant by the Danish Queen Margrethe II, Copenhagen, 18 February
* Awarded the National Order of Mali (Grande Croix), Mali's highest decoration, Bamako, 3 March
* Received the Freedom of the City of London, London, 10 July
* Received Honorary Degrees from the Universities of Bristol, Cambridge, de Montfort, Warwick, Glasgow Caledonian, London, Nottingham, Oxford. Buckingham Palace, London, 10 July
* Received Honorary Doctorate from Sorbonne University, Paris, 15 July
* Received Honorary Doctorate from Stellenbosch University, 25 October
* Received the Freedom of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 29 November

[edit] 1997
Nelson Mandela's former house in Soweto, Johannesburg, now Mandela Family Museum.
Nelson Mandela's former house in Soweto, Johannesburg, now Mandela Family Museum.

* Mandela Family Museum opens in Soweto, 29 November[10]
* Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of the Philippines, Manila, 2 March
* Created Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Seraphim, Stockholm, 3 March
* Received Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg, 25 April
* Received Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein, 16 May
* Baker Avenue in Central Harare, Zimbabwe, Renamed Nelson Mandela Avenue, 19 May
* Received Freedom of Boksburg, 26 June
* Received Freedom of Oxford, United Kingdom, 11 July
* Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 July
* Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Cape Town, 19 September
* Received the American Public Health Association Presidential Citation, Pretoria, 14 October
* Awarded the Collar of the Nile by President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Cairo, 21 October
* Received Freedom of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, 27 October
* Received Freedom of City of Cape Town, 27 November
* Received Honorary Degree from the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 4 December
* Multi-purpose room at SUNY Binghamton re-named Nelson Mandela's Room

[edit] 1998
Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada, presented by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc in Ottawa.
Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada, presented by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc in Ottawa.

* Received Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of South Australia, University of Fort Hare, 23 April
* Awarded Honorary Doctorate, University of Zululand, 30 May
* Awarded the Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff, Cardiff, 16 June
* Awarded the Chris Hani Award at the 10th National Congress of the South African Communist Party, Johannesburg, 1 July
* Awarded Honorary Degree by the University of Mauritius, 11 September
* Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 18 September
* Awarded Congressional Gold Medal, Washington, 23 September
* Made an honorary citizen of Canada by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
* Awarded Honorary Companion of the Order of Canada, 24 September.[11]
* Nelson Mandela public school named in his honour in Toronto.
* Presented with Award in Recognition of his Contribution to Democracy, Human Rights and Freedom by the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa, 19 November
* Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav by the King of Norway.

[edit] 1999

* Received the Deutscher Medienpreis, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 January
* Awarded the Oneness-Peace Earth-Summit-Transcendence-Fragrance Award, Pretoria, 9 March
* Received the Golden Medal of the City of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 March
* Received honorary doctorate from Leiden University, the Netherlands, 12 March
* Awarded the Freedom of the City of Durban, Durban, 16 April
* Received Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 30 April
* Received Ukraine's Highest Decoration, the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, Cape Town, 5 May
* Appointed Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Canberra, 9 June
* Received Jesse Owens Global Award, Johannesburg, 21 September
* Received insignia of Honour from the African Renaissance Institute, Johannesburg, 11 October
* Received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Botswana, Gaborone, 14 October
* Received the Baker Institute Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service at Rice University, Houston, 26 October
* Awarded the Freedom of the City of Lydenburg, Lydenburg, 3 November
* Received the Order of Australia from Australian Prime Minister John Howard, Pretoria, 15 November
* Was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people in December 1999.
* Presented with Temple of Understanding Annual Award to Religious and Political Leaders for Outstanding Service to Humanity, Cape Town, 5 December
* Presented with the Gandhi-King Award by the World Movement for Nonviolence at the World Parliament of Religions, Cape Town, 5 December
* Listed as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by Time magazine
* Accepted the Atatürk International Peace Prize from Turkey, after refusing the award in 1992.[12]

[edit] 2000
Nelson Mandela National Museum - Information Centre at Qunu.
Nelson Mandela National Museum - Information Centre at Qunu.

* The Nelson Mandela National Museum is officially opened in Soweto, 11 February[13]
* Awarded honorary Doctorate of Laws by Trinity College, Dublin, 11 April
* Appointed honorary Queen's Counsel by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May
* Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June
* BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June
* Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June
* International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November
* Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
* Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters from the Australian National University, 6 September

[edit] 2001

* International Gandhi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March
* Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April[14]
* Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May
* Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001
* Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
* Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November
* Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November
* Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State
* Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State
* Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg, 11 December
* Made an Honorary Administrator For A Day at SUNY Binghamton

[edit] 2002

* Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April
* New hall of residence at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa named 'Nelson Mandela Hall'
* Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, 24 April
* Awarded the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.
* Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W. Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July
* Awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal from Canada.

[edit] 2003

* Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by the National University of Ireland, Galway, 20 June
* Elected an Honorary Life member of the Literary and Debating Society, NUI, Galway.
* Named a Hero of Freedom by the Libertarian magazine Reason.[15]

[edit] 2004

* Sandton Square in Johannesburg, South Africa is renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March with the unveiling of a 6m bronze statue (see photo, top of page).[16]
* Listed as one of the 100 most influential people of 2004 by Time magazine

[edit] 2005

* Amherst College honorary degree.[17]
* Listed as one of the 100 most influential people of 2005 by Time magazine

[edit] 2006

* New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".[18]
* Awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award[19]
* Made an honorary member of Manchester United as the club toured South Africa in the winter of 2006.[20]

[edit] 2007

* The Westminster Council agrees to erect a statue of Mandela opposite the Houses of Parliament in London.[21]
* Honorary citizen of Belgrade, Serbia.[22] "for his huge humanitarian past and contributions to mankind".

I repeat, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and Oprah Gail Winfrey are not in the same league!

RichyBlacK:

I repeat, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and Oprah Gail Winfrey are not in the same league!

I agree! They are not in the same league! It isn't even close. I know Oprah would even agree!

if ahmadinejad were to be a black man, think he'd be my ideal choice

Bro, u beat me flawless.
Mayne, I never even stopped to check out Mandela's profile.
But I think Mandela is no longer as active as he used to be.
More like Pope John Paul in his last days.
Oprah has a talk show, her voice is heard almost everyday.

1. OBJ
2. IBB
3. IBORI

and all yahoo yahoo boyz

very SAD living role models in nija

eldee:

Bro, u beat me flawless.
Mayne, I never even stopped to check out Mandela's profile.
But I think Mandela is no longer as active as he used to be.
More like Pope John Paul in his last days.
Oprah has a talk show, her voice is heard almost everyday.

I don't you also checked out thread topic very well, there was no clause attached like active or inactive

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

dead or alive?
Mandela
in US, MLK

of course if you say woman, OPRAH

please! oprah ain't got no power. she has a lot of influence, and can cause people in power to act, but really she has very limited authority/power. Her influence is the key to her success, as it is with many other blacks.

moi!. . ,

WOMAN- Oprah Winfrey
MAN- Martin Luther King and Kinta Kunte

First of all, the title should say most "respected" black people not "respectful"

Oprah and Mandela? No way! Nelson Mandela is way above Oprah's league. Oprah is rich, she's the most successful female talk show host in American TV history, but she doesn't have what it takes to be Nelson Mandela!

Talking about respect, Oprah seem to hate Nigerians, so if we're voting, she'll lose the vote of most Nigerians. I do not respect her(but I guess my opinion doesn't count ). Powerful she is, but not so respected.

Mandela and MLK. . . to those who are nominating Mugabe, please do not kill us with epilepsy and cardiact arrest with your bizarre and shocking nominations.

Nelson Mandela
Malcolm X
Martin luther King
Rosa Parks-woman
Bill Cosby
Jesse Jackson
Magic Johnson
Sidney Poiter

For Africa
I'll say Fela Kuti, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nelson Mendela, Kero Wiwa, that Ethiopian leader that fought against colonization, Phillip Eweaglia, etc

For America
Martin Luter King Junior, Rosa Park, Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, W.E.B Dubois, Malcom X, etc

mandela

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