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Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech

Why hearing Mandela’s Rivonia speech is so powerful. It’s not just the words, it’s the sounds behind them

Conflict & Justice

South Africa kept recordings of Nelson Mandela’s famous Rivonia speech. But no one could hear them because they were on dictabelts. And then South Africa’s last remaining dictaphone machine broke.

Nelson Mandela, as a young man, before he gave his famous Rivonia speech

Why hearing Mandela’s Rivonia speech is so powerful. It’s not just the words, it’s the sounds behind them

Conflict & Justice
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