Mandela 70th birthday concert and more posters now on ebay
Courtesy of @AAMArchives our ebay site at http://bit.ly/mandelaebay now sells A2 copies of 14 more historic posters. Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley, the 1970...
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Celebrating Mandela’s release from prison with funding push for statue
On this day in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years in prison. The world celebrated, not least In Glasgow where a large crowd...
Join the April Virtual Kiltwalk to back our statue campaign
Our Mandela Scottish Memorial Kiltwalkers have raised £7,000 since 2018, and we would welcome volunteers for this April’s one. Register and https://thekiltwalk.co.uk/scotlandsvirtual choose us as...
Previous events and celebrations
In a challenging 2020 the campaign celebrated the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison (11 February 1990) and commemorated the 60th anniversary of...
Anniversaries 2021: Raising funds to build the Mandela statue
As we get close to building the funds for a statue of Nelson Mandela in Glasgow’s Nelson Mandela Place, there are some significant anniversaries in...
Commemorating Nelson Mandela
On 6 December 2013, following the death of Nelson Mandela the day before, a large crowd gathered in Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow to hear...
9 Oct 1993 video: The day Mandela told Glasgow ‘We love you all’
Twenty-seven years ago on 9 October 1993 Nelson Mandela danced in Glasgow’s George Square and told the Scottish people “You declared us to be free!”...
Celebrating anniversary of Mandela’s Glasgow visit with drive for funds for statue
Twenty-seven years ago on 9 October 1993 Nelson Mandela danced in Glasgow’s George Square and told the Scottish people “You declared us to be free!”...
Join the Virtual Kiltwalk to back our statue campaign
The postponed Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh Kiltwalks have now all been rolled into one Virtual Kiltwalk on the pattern of the recent Dundee one, over...
Virtual celebration on UN Nelson Mandela Day in drive for a Scottish people’s statue
Sadly Andrew Mlangeni, our patron and last surviving Rivonia trialist, died on 22 July 2020 after this video was made. See a tribute from...