South Africa bid a final farewell to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, who was buried at his ancestral home in Qunu after a state funeral that combined elements of Christian tradition with rituals of the AbaThembu community into which the former president was born, reports the New York Times. Family members, local dignitaries and foreign visitors—including Prince Charles, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey, to name a few—joined together to bid farewell to South Africa’s “father of the nation” in a state funeral attended by some 4,500 people. In the end, Archbishop Desmond Tutu did attend the funeral after having said a day earlier he had not been invited.Read More: >> /nelson-mandela-laid-to-rest/
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South Africa bid a final farewell to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, who was buried at his ancestral home in Qunu after a state funeral that combined elements of Christian tradition with rituals of the AbaThembu community into which the former president was born, reports the New York Times. Family members, local dignitaries and foreign visitors—including Prince Charles, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Oprah Winfrey, to name a few—joined together to bid farewell to South Africa’s “father of the nation” in a state funeral attended by some 4,500 people. In the end, Archbishop Desmond Tutu did attend the funeral after having said a day earlier he had not been invited.Read More: >> /nelson-mandela-laid-to-rest/
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