![Ethiopian_Passport[1].jpg](_data/i/upload/2013/08/24/20130824162720-e1d865ff-me.jpg "Nelson Mandela’s Ethiopian passport, issued in 1962, in the name of David Motsamayi. Mandela got his first South African passport in 1990, after his release from jail. [1]
Here, for the first time in my life, I was witnessing black soldiers commanded by black generals applauded by black leaders who were all guests of a black Head of State. It was a heady moment. I only hoped it was a vision of what lay in the future for my own country. [2]
Source:
[1] http://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/passports-tell-a-story
[2] From Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.")
Nelson Mandela’s Ethiopian passport, issued in 1962, in the name of David Motsamayi. Mandela got his first South African passport in 1990, after his release from jail. [1]
Here, for the first time in my life, I was witnessing black soldiers commanded by black generals applauded by black leaders who were all guests of a black Head of State. It was a heady moment. I only hoped it was a vision of what lay in the future for my own country. [2]
Source:
[1] http://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/passports-tell-a-story
[2] From Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom.
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