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Never alone with a strand.(Editorial)

History Today,  September, 2003  by Furtado, Peter

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> SIGNAL THE CLOSING of the circle and the coming together of two strands in our history.' These were the terms in which Nelson Mandela, living symbol of the long road to freedom and justice for black South Africans, recently described the foundation of the new Mandela Rhodes Trust. The initiative, whereby the Nelson Mandela Foundation has joined in partnership with the Rhodes Trust, set up in 1903 under the terms of the will of Cecil Rhodes, arch-imperialist and exploiter of the mineral wealth of Africa, heralds the launch of a major programme of educational and social advancement ...

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