Virtual Africa

Today is the 20th aniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison.

We celebrate it by sharing this 360º image of his jail cell on Robben Island in the hope that it will remind us all of what was sacrificed for the freedom of a nation.

As Matt Damon depicted in the recent movie ‘Invictus’ – standing in Nelson Mandela’s Robben Island jail cell is a humbling experience.

On this day we celebrate 20 years of freedom of a man who showed the world that forgiveness is possible and practical and beautiful.

All we can do,  is keep on holding him up as an example of what can be done – for each other and our children.

Not a perfect example, because those don’t really exists –  but a truly inspiring imperfect one, which allows each of us to work and hope towards to attain some greatness in our everyday lives.

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