The Mind Creative DEC 2013
He fled to Johannesburg to
avoid a marriage arranged
by the tribal regent.
Sports were a part of his life
even during his time as a
political prisoner at Robben
Island. There, he helped to
form a very limited sports
program in the isolation
section. He and other
prisoners became fans of
the prison soccer teams that
would play weekly matches
in the general section of the
prison.
Invictus, the 2009 film
starring Morgan Freeman as
Mandela, is the name of a
William Ernest Henley poem
that
provided
Mandela
inspiration during his 27
years in prison.
Mandela was known to excel
in boxing.
In
2005,
Mandela
announced
his
son,
Makgatho Mandela, had died
of AIDS
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live
in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”
“Resentment is like drinking poison and the n hoping it will kill
your enemies.”
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