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PHOTO: Morgan Freeman Accidentally Put On Local Billboard For Nelson Mandela

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px;">An Indian owner of a billboard dedicated to Nelson Mandela was red-faced on Thursday after the discovery that a photo of actor Morgan Freeman was used instead of one of the anti-apartheid hero.</span><br>
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The billboard was erected on the side of a road in the southern city of Coimbatore as part of memorials across India and the world to Mandela, who died on December 5.</div>
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But Freeman's face loomed large in the billboard over small images of rights icons Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi.<span id="bufferBlock" style="height: 1px; line-height: 0; margin: 5px 0px 0px -1px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; width: 1px;"><br>READ MORE: <a href="http://news.naij.com/54772.html" style="color: #115eb7; text-decoration: none;">http://news.naij.com/54772.html</a></span></div>
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PHOTO: Morgan Freeman Accidentally Put On Local Billboard For Nelson Mandela

An Indian owner of a billboard dedicated to Nelson Mandela was red-faced on Thursday after the discovery that a photo of actor Morgan Fre...

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Photos: Nelson Mandela's statue unveiled in South Africa capital

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">South Africa has unveiled a gigantic statue of anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in its capital. The mood was joyous Monday in Pretoria as a military band played and fighter jets flew overhead to honor Mandela after 10 days of mourning over his death ended Sunday with his burial. President Jacob Zuma presided over the unveiling, which preceded a party in celebration of the Day of Reconciliation, a national holiday.<br><br>The statue stands on the grounds of the Union Buildings, where Mandela delivered his inaugural speech after becoming South Africa's first black president in 1994. The buildings had been a hated symbol of the apartheid regime to many South Africans.<span style="text-align: center;">Mandela was buried Sunday at his ancestral home in the village of Qunu. </span></span><br>
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Photos: Nelson Mandela's statue unveiled in South Africa capital

South Africa has unveiled a gigantic statue of anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in its capital. The mood was ...

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I’ve Never Compared Myself to Madiba – Kanye West

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<strong><span lang="EN-US">Kanye West paid tribute to late Nelson Mandela and commented on the stories about how he <u><a href="http://hotupdatez.blogspot.com/2013/12/kanye-west-i-am-next-nelson-mandela.html" style="color: #115eb7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">compared himself to the late Nobel Peace Prize winner</a></u>.</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The rapper took to his Twitter handle to defend himself, after a controversial interview emerged online and went viral, quoting the musician’s claims that his music carries much more importance and effect than the fight against apartheid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span lang="EN-US">“Despite recent media reports, I’ve never said anything to dishonor or trivialize the life or transition of one of the most inspiring leaders.</span></em><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span lang="EN-US">“I’d like to address the <strong>false stories and noise</strong> that have been engineered by the media.</span></em><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span lang="EN-US">“At a young age my mother taught me the importance of his work. Mandela sacrificed his life for the betterment of mankind.</span></em><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><span lang="EN-US">“Thank you, Mandela, for your life’s work and may it serve as a guiding light to illuminate our future.</span></em></div>
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I’ve Never Compared Myself to Madiba – Kanye West

Kanye West paid tribute to late Nelson Mandela and commented on the stories about how he compared himself to the late Nobel Peace Prize...

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‘I regret not being a world boxing champion’- Mandela

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px;">According to the Madiba, Nelson Mandela: “There is one regret that I have had all my life – that I never become the heavy weight boxing champion of the world.”</span><br>
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Nelson Mandela grew up with a love for sport. He was an ardent boxer in his younger days and used it to keep fit. Look, it is the nature of sport generally – and boxing in particular – that you will have trials and reversals.”</div>
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After Madiba’s release from Robben Island, he set out, in his own unique way, to unite a nation through sport.</div>
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Ali Bacher (Former Cricket Administrator): “He was the first person to realise the importance of sport, particularly in our divided country, of bringing black and white people together.”</div>
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1995 found the new South Africa struggling to find a way to cross the racial divide. In Sport, Rugby was predominantly supported by whites, with black South Africans rallying behind soccer.</div>
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When the Springboks played in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Madiba saw a golden opportunity to reach out to the Afrikaner, and took it, says Ali Bacher, a former cricketer and sports administrator, “You remember 1995, the Rugby World Cup? Three weeks before the final he went public to support our rugby team wearing the Springbok jersey, to support the Springbok emblem.” But this was not an easy road to walk for Madiba.</div>
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"Nelson Mandela Is In Hell" - Jim Solouki & Martin Baker

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This is according to a Christian BLOG , see their reasons below </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br>Greetings True Christians!<br>Today Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, ended his worldly life and entered the depths of Hell. Mandela was an unsaved heathen, and died without knowing the Lord.<br>Not only did Mandela influence American Democrat Barack Hussein Obama, but he also practiced a heathen African tribal religion.</span><a href="" name="more" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br><br>Unfortunately, while Mandela did some great things for the nation of South Africa by ending apartheid, Heaven is like an exclusive club, unsaved unwelcome. Mandela died unsaved, and is therefore not welcome in Heaven.<br>Nelson Mandela was also influenced by Darwinism and Communism! Mandela was an avid reader of Marx in the 1950s, and everybody knows that God hates Communists!</span><br>
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Kanye West: ‘I Am The Next Nelson Mandela’

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Kanye West is again under attack, and today - for claiming that he will soon be a bigger cultural and civil rights icon than Nelson Mandela.<br><br>In an interview with WGCI radio in Chicago, the American rapper said that yesterday’s death of the 95-year-old South African leader will finally allow people to focus more of their attention on West’s own accomplishments.<br><br>When Kanye was asked who, in his opinion, could possibly replace Nelson Mandela in terms of leadership, he responded,<br><br><em>“I am the next Nelson Mandela. </em><em>I’m only 36 years old, and when I look at everything I’ve accomplished, it’s the only comparison that makes any sense. By the time I’m 95, I’m going to be a bigger hero than he ever was."</em><br><br>West claims he liberates minds with his music. To his mind, that’s more important than liberating <em>"a few people from apartheid or whatever"</em>.</div>
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West continues that even though he has huge respect for Mandela, anyone can be replaced. The rapper says that he is already worshiped in the whole world and expects, noting,</div>
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<em>"And there’s more to come."</em></div>
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Kanye West: ‘I Am The Next Nelson Mandela’

Kanye West is again under attack, and today - for claiming that he will soon be a bigger cultural and civil rights icon than Nelson Mand...

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