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Belvedere Road (SE1)
(Festival Terrace)

Nelson Mandela

Mvezo, Cape Province 1918 - Johannesburg 2013
Anti-apartheid activist, President of South Africa
(Wikipedia)

Ian Walters
1985

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

"THE STRUGGLE IS MY LIFE"
NELSON MANDELA
gaoled 5th august 1962
sentenced to life imprisonment
12th june 1964 for this actions
against apartheid

erected by the greater london council
unveiled by oliver tambo
president of the african national congress
28th october 1985

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nelson mandela was released
after 27 years' imprisonment
11th december 1990

awarded the nobel peace prize
10th december 1993

inaugurated president of the
republic of south africa and
its government of national unity
10th may 1994

Sculptor

Ian Homer Walters (Solihull 1930 - ... 2006), English sculptor (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°30'19" - W 0°6'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo005; Photograph: 13 September 2008 / updated: 14 September 2009
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