NELSON MANDELA TAKES CENTRAL STAGE AT CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTRE IN NEW YORK

The centre is featuring a variety of activities in the months ahead, starting with an exhibition with the theme, Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu, which tells the story of a young South African boy who became a man prepared to die in the name of equality, justice, and freedom.

He went on to be elected president and to lead his country out of Apartheid. “This exhibit, according to the centre takes visitors along the arc of President Nelson Mandela’s life through the camera lens of Nelson Mandela Foundation-commissioned photographer, Matthew Willman.

“Visitors will experience the places and moments that played an integral role in both President Mandela’s and South Africa’s journey to Ubuntu, a word that evokes the oneness of humanity”, the centre said.

Visitors can step into a recreation of the eight-by-seven-foot prison cell, a replica of Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island prison cell that Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in captivity, which visually demonstrates the harsh reality of his imprisonment.

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Visitors will also see artifacts from the Clinton Presidential Library collection, President Clinton’s personal collection, and on loan from the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Mandela: The Journey to Ubuntu is presented by the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and will close February 19, 2018.

The centre will also host a free screening of Golden Globe nominated film, ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’, on October 5.

Produced in 2013, the movie celebrates Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary journey from his childhood in a rural village to his election as President of South Africa.