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Support us by ordering our badge, books, posters, or cards – including Jim Cathcart’s iconic banner created in 1981 to celebrate Mandela’s being granted the...
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Mandela release anniversary 11 Feb – video to back Scotland statue appeal
Scotland celebrated Nelson Mandela’s release from prison on 11 February 1990 with crowds gathering in Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and across...
Mandela release anniversary video 11 February
The video goes live on on 11 February at 6pm. If you miss it, it will still be here to view. Scotland celebrated Nelson...
What was apartheid?
These are just a few main points in a one minute video (with text below) to illustrate what racist apartheid was. For fuller information see...
Black History Month – Oliver Tambo ‘What foresight. What humanity’
The Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation (NMSMF) is celebrating Black History Month with a video marking the 104th anniversary of the birth of Oliver Tambo...
Big thanks to the Kiltwalkers
Both walks completed, and both walkers survived – if sore-legged. The weather was kind. Many thanks to all generous donors so far. The Kiltwalk added...
Black History Month – Mandela’s visit to Glasgow October 1993 video
The video went live on on 9 October at 1pm. If you missed it, it’s still here to view. To celebrate October’s Black History Month,...
Join the Glasgow Kiltwalk to back our statue campaign
Glasgow Kiltwalk – Sun. 26th September: After several virtual – ie decentralised – events due to Covid, the first real-life, centralised Kiltwalk for two years...
Nelson Mandela, Scotland, and the struggle against apartheid
About the statue | More information | Videos The statue: A celebration and a legacy This statue of Nelson Mandela in Glasgow celebrates the history...
Prisoner of Apartheid, Freeman of Glasgow: 40th Anniversary of Mandela’s Freedom of Glasgow
This special video launched on Wednesday 4 August at 6.30pm to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Glasgow’s historic awarding of the Freedom of the City...