DIESEL+EDUN project: Studio Africa (by DieselPlanet)
My last post highlighted the deleterious effects of suppression of the african people and one man's vision of freedom and opportunity for his people. This post shows what can come from opportunity. It's a great collaboration between DIESEL and U2 lead singer Bono and his wife Ali Hewson (EDUN) that is born and bred in Africa.
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The Rivonia Trial
A recent tour of South Africa finally gave me the time to read Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom. In it he describes the events of the day he was on trial, due to be sentenced to death for acts of sabotage and intent to overthrow the government through violence and guerilla warfare. In his final statement to the judge that lasted almost 5 hours he rebutted ridiculous charges against him and admitted to others but outlined the reasons for his actions, his struggle and his peoples vision of a democratic South Africa.
His concluding words resonate with me now as I read them, and as they did with everyone in the court and around the world on April 20, 1964.
"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die".
Mandela was spared the death penalty but spent the next 27 years as a political prisoner in South Africa. I believe he is a great man.
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When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw
Nelson Mandela, Long walk to freedom
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Castle Cities. Budapest versus Prague.
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I have traveled a good deal, though I don't really know how to travel. I like to take my time about it, leaving between one country and the next an interval in which to digest what I've seen. Once I have arrived in a new country, I feel almost like settling down there, so as to live on proper terms with the country. I could never be a globetrotter.
Friedrich Stowasser (aka F.Hundertwasser). Austrian born artist, died 2000 (aged 71)
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