In the fourth grade, I learned multiplication, grammar and how to hide under a desk if a hand grenade was thrown into the classroom. Growing up as a white kid in South Africa under apartheid had its privileges, but as a student in a parochial multi-racial school, it had its terrors too. People were volatile; political change was imminent.
I watched Nelson Mandela’s release from prison with a mixture of excitement and terrible apprehension What would this mean for South Africa? He had been a leader of the “resistance” for 30 years, but how would he fare as the leader of a fledgling democracy deeply divided by race and tribe?
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3 thoughts on “Nelson Mandela and God’s Providential Purpose”
Thank you for this perspective from one who actually lived there during this historical time.
Too many politicians, too few statesmen–the humility and grace to listen and engage, Mandela was the latter.
I agree… I like that you wrote from an insider’s perspective. 🙂 I imagine that the movies and books written on his life from this side of it will be incredible.
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