TEN INTERESTING FACTS A BUT NELSON MANDELA AND ETHIOPIA. *july 18th celebrates nelson mandelas 95th birth day it is also third annual internatinatinal nelson mandela day. *nelson mandela wrot in his autobiography «ETHIOPIA ALWAYS HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY. IMAGINATION. AND THE PROSPECT OF VISITING ETHIOPIA ATRACTED ME MORE STRONGLY THAN atrip of france england and america combined I I felt I would be visiting my own genesis uneathing the roots of what made me an african». *during his period in exile nelson mandela spend time in ethiopia in 1962 where he recived military training and where he addressed the organization of african unity it was shortly after leaving ethiopia to south africa when he was arrested serving 27 years in prison. *would you like to stay in the same room slept in by nelson mandela ? Travel no further than in the ras hotel in down town addis ababa during his stay in ethiopia nelson mandela received an ethiopian passport under the ALIAS DAVID MOTSAMAYI. *according to CNN and british telegraph mandela is said to have received a bulgarian made hand gun by. Ethiopian colonel general biru tadesse in 1962 it was reportedly buried in south africa and much effort is being made to find it if found it could be worth over $2 million dollars. *according to an interview with time magazine editor richard stngel nelson mandela met and spoke to ethiopia emperor haile slassie on one accassion where«I explaind to him very briefly what was happening in south africa.... He was seated on his chaire listening like a log..... Not nodding just immovable you know like a statue.......». Following his release in feburary 1990 nelson mandela returned to ethiopia in july 1990as part of his worlg wide tour timed for the opening of the OAU summit the washindton times reported that « the organization of african unity opend its annual summit here yester day by giving anti appartheid leder nelson mandela a heros reception». *nelson mandela is also quoted associating the significance of ethiopia and ethiopianism as the in spiration for the formation for his political party the african national congress (ANC) in december 1992 at the free ethiopian church of south africa where he is guoted saying« fundamentaly tenets of the ethiopian movement were self worth self reliance and freedom these tenets drew the advocated of ethioianism like a magnet . To the growing political movement that political movement was to wiminate in the formation of our organisation to the ethiopian movement of the 1890». It was noted that during the second annvat international nelson mandela day that 2.300 tress were planted were planted around addis ababa in mandelas honour. *acording to ms clare keisuetter, chage de affair of the south africa embassy. *the legacy of nelson mandela will continue to remaine in ethiopia to day in addis ababa there is the mandela distance education college at addis ababa univeresity in nelson mandela center in the city of arba mich. Ther is now a school named after nelson mandela in his honor. HAPPY BIRTH DAY NELSON MANDELA(photo mandelas ethoipia passport)
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