'Heroes'
Mr Obama and the first family visited Mr Mandela's bleak cell as well as the lime quarry - overlooked by a concrete watchtower - where anti-apartheid fighters including Mr Mandela were forced to undertake hours of back-breaking labour.
Later, Mr Obama wrote in the guest book in the prison courtyard: "On behalf of our family, we're deeply humbled to stand where men of such courage faced down injustice and refused to yield.
"The world is grateful for the heroes of Robben Island, who remind us that no shackles or cells can match the strength of the human spirit."
Nelson Mandela: Key dates-
1918 Born in the Eastern Cape
1944 Joins African National Congress
1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped
1962 Arrested, convicted of sabotage, sentenced to five years in prison
1964 Charged again, sentenced to life
1990 Freed from prison
1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994 Elected first black president
1999 Steps down as leader
BBC History: Mandela's defiant freedom speech
This is the best from the News on Mandela and on the other side,Mandela Family members were clashing in between themselves on the argument of deciding a burial place is also a news in media is painful to read. Also this kind of act say that Mr.Mandela dead.
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Mr Obama and the first family visited Mr Mandela's bleak cell as well as the lime quarry - overlooked by a concrete watchtower - where anti-apartheid fighters including Mr Mandela were forced to undertake hours of back-breaking labour.
"The world is grateful for the heroes of Robben Island, who remind us that no shackles or cells can match the strength of the human spirit."
Nelson Mandela: Key dates-
1918 Born in the Eastern Cape
1944 Joins African National Congress
1956 Charged with high treason, but charges dropped
1962 Arrested, convicted of sabotage, sentenced to five years in prison
1964 Charged again, sentenced to life
1990 Freed from prison
1993 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994 Elected first black president
1999 Steps down as leader
BBC History: Mandela's defiant freedom speech
This is the best from the News on Mandela and on the other side,Mandela Family members were clashing in between themselves on the argument of deciding a burial place is also a news in media is painful to read. Also this kind of act say that Mr.Mandela dead.
thanks.
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