As I write, the first reports are coming through that Hosni Mubarak is stepping down. The crowds are shouting "Free at Last" - a phrase used by Martin Luther King and also by Mandela after the 1994 election...
Friday 11 February 2011
This day 21 years ago
This day 21 years ago was the day Nelson Mandela was released. I was on Vilikazi Street in Soweto outside the house Mandela had lived in before he was imprisoned, organising a live broadcast for the BBC.
As I write, the first reports are coming through that Hosni Mubarak is stepping down. The crowds are shouting "Free at Last" - a phrase used by Martin Luther King and also by Mandela after the 1994 election...
As I write, the first reports are coming through that Hosni Mubarak is stepping down. The crowds are shouting "Free at Last" - a phrase used by Martin Luther King and also by Mandela after the 1994 election...
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