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Today marks the 20th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from Prison.

Nelson Mandela is undeniably one of the greatest people of our time. His strength, perseverance, and personal sacrifices in the fight for freedom are lessons to all of us.

I’m currently working on a mix to celebrate the life of Mandela, and the fact that 2010 is the 20th anniversary of Mandela’s release from Prison. I was actively looking for Hip-Hop tracks that mentioned Mandela’s struggle. There a few if any, which is why I asked Sway to put this together. Sway is one of our greatest lyricists, and is one of the few MCs that actually has something to say. It’s safe to say he pretty much knocked this one out of the park.

He was freed from Prison at the age of 71. 20 years later, at the age of 91, Nelson Mandela is living testament to what the Human spirit can achieve, and what we are all capable off doing with our lives.
It’s important that we never forget what he accomplished, and all strive to learn at least a fraction of what he taught the world.

http://www.soshapeit.co.uk Lewis

Big up Sway!
Roy

Sway smashed this.

I got a lot of respect for you two for celebrating this anniversary.

Too many people have forgotten.
Kishmeister

Thats good work from Sway
730promo

really feeling this 1
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real

Mandela was also a terrorist who was directly involved in the suffering of others. i think ill skip this celebration thanks.
admin

….as was the Apartheid Governnment that commited mass genocide and racial segregation, and all of the other European Governments that colonised other Countries in Africa.

With a regime as harsh as Apartheid, I doubt any kind of peaceful protest would have helped to turn things around.

Unfortunately for those that don’t already have it, freedom comes at a cost. Most of the time it is through pain and suffering.
real

So two wrongs make a right? im all for celebrating a true hero that overcame adversity when the odds were stacked, but mandela did this through murder and terrorism.
Theres nothing heroic about being a terrorist, i would have thought recent events in the world would have awoken the masses to this.
rea

Mandela was nothing but the leader of the armed wing of the anti apartheid.
blowing up government buildings like post offices etc where INNOCENT civilians worked, he also arranged guerilla warfare in civilian locals.

Progress was needed, but Mandela was, and is a terrorist.

I WILL NEVER CELBRATE TERRORISM
Admin

……what about the Apartheid Government that practiced segregation, and Genocide?

That is straight terrorism. As was colonisation.

Unless your a facist or racist, you can’t condemn someone who fights for freedom, but condone racist establishments that oppress and kill innocent people on a daily basis.
real

I never said i condone the apartheid governement, but i also dont condone mandelas gueriilla warfare either.

Its not a fine line between freedom fighter and terrorist, mandela was the latter.
Admin

So what were the ANC supposed to do, sit their and hope for the best while people are killed, imprisoned, and subject to racial abuse for no reason on a daily basis?

There was no international support, no real sanctions that actually worked. The world watched what happened and didn’t really do anything.

So how were the people of South Africa supposed to attain freedom? The Sharpeville masacre, the Soweto uprising showed that protests weren’t going to achieve anything, and even more innocent people were going to be killed.

So what were the ANC supposed to do?

I’m not saying what the armed wing ANC did was right, but they fought fire with fire. They did what they thought was the only option for them at that time, in order to fight oppression and systematic racism for their freedom.

What would you have done? Start a facebook group.

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