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Memories of the anti-apartheid movement in Scotland
Scotland and Glasgow have had a key role in the anti-apartheid movement which led to the end of apartheid in ...
Student Campaign for Mandela’s honorary degree at Strathclyde University (1985)
Continuing our memories from the anti-apartheid struggle, Jim Watson talks about his student days, his awakening to the anti-apartheid movement ...
Invite to Mandela – Tambo Lecture by High Commissioner of South Africa
On the occasion of the10th anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela the Nelson Mandela Scottish Memorial Foundation and ACTSA ...
Hull delegation meet Mandela in Glasgow
Paul Sutton, who travelled from Hull to meet Nelson Mandela on that memorable day in Glasgow, shares his memories. "I ...
Uplifted by infectious joy
Marlene Barrie remembers her good fortune in meeting Nelson Mandela when he arrived at his hotel, and her pride that ...
George Square and beyond
Mandy Neeson tells of how Mandela's visit to Glasgow encouraged her involvement in the anti-apartheid movement. I was in George ...
A day to remember
David Kenvyn tells us his memories of the day Nelson Mandela came to Glasgow. I had not intended to be ...
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mandela’s visit to Glasgow
On 9th October 1993 Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of Glasgow, Dundee, Midlothian, Aberdeen and five other UK local authorities ...
The Day The Glasgow Polis Saluted Mandela
Our first memory comes from the late John Stevenson, penned on 5 March 2022, just before he died, and adapted ...
Memories of the anti-apartheid movement
On 9th October 1993 Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of Glasgow, Dundee, Midlothian, Aberdeen and five other UK local authorities ...