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South African president Nelson Mandela, right, holds hands with former South African president F.W. de Klerk in Cape Town, South Africa, in a 1994 file image. Mandela died on Thursday, Dec. 5.

A hero passes: Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

Kait Vosswinkel, Special to The Clarion December 11, 2013

South Africa lost, in President Jacob Zuma’s words, “its greatest son” on Dec. 5, when Nelson Mandela passed away at 95. President Zuma’s strong words illustrated Mandela’s global impact as...

World mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela

Fanta Sylla, Copy Editor December 11, 2013

On the day of his death, the New Yorker revealed its front cover tribute to Nelson Mandela. Someone on my Twitter timeline mentioned how the cover showed Mandela as a young man, a stern look on his face,...

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