Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and former president of South Africa turns 90 today. We discuss his life and legacy.
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
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
Kehla Shubane, former CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and a former political prisoner with Mandela on Robben Island from 1977 to 1987
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