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Radio Leicester,8 mins

Mandela death: Stories, tributes and memories

Jonathan Lampon

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On 5 December 2013 the former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, died. The country's first black president and anti-apartheid icon led South Africa's transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after 27 years in prison for his political activities. Tributes have been paid from across the country, around the world and locally across Leicestershire and Rutland. Jonathan Lampon guides you through tributes, stories and memories of meetings of Nelson Mandela.

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