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Fri, Jul 18, 2008 -- 10:00 AM

Nelson Mandela at 90
Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and former president of South Africa turns 90 today. We discuss his life and legacy.

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Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:

  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault, foreign correspondent based in South Africa for NPR and the author of "New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance, 2006"
  • Jeremy Sarkin, visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a native of South Africa
  • Kehla Shubane, former CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and a former political prisoner with Mandela on Robben Island from 1977 to 1987
  • Ntongela Masilela, professor of English and world literature at Pitzer College and founder of the New African Movement website, a historical study of the making of South African modernity

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