Nelson Mandela is dead

This is a moment in history. This is the death of a man who stood up to South African apartheid and for the civil liberties of, not only his people, but in the end all of South Africa in becoming the country's leader.

I grew up learning about him, most particularly this song that we even heard in isolated rural New Zealand. The South African apartheid gov had him locked up for years on end. This was a protest song to free him, called "Free Nelson Mandela". It was a worldwide hit:



How strange now that he's gone. How strange this latest song about him, released only in the last weeks. A fitting tribute to a man who changed the world.