is no more. His lung infection and long hospitalisation has finally ended and he has departed at 95. Lung trouble which caught him during his decades in jail.
I must have been in 4th or 5th when my school sent letters requesting Mandela's release from jail. Or maybe it was just one letter, I don't remember. The teacher read it out in class, explained who he was and why he was in jail. We all signed the letter. Whether or not that letter made any impact on the decision makers one will never know. It was but one among many many such petitions. But I like the thought that I was also a drop in that ocean of support.
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