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...Mandela said. "I am encouragedto see so many people who have turned out. I amnot sure if you came here to see how a man of 80looks like...
Turning to more serious issues as he continuedhis speech, Mandela said Africa is striving tobecome a full participant in world affairs in thenext century but added that he realizes it cannotdo so without economic help from the world andincreased education for its people...
...Where men and women and children go burdenedwith hunger, suffering from preventable diseases,languishing in ignorance and illiteracy, orfinding themselves bereft of decent shelter, talkof democracy and freedom that does not recognizethese material aspects can ring hollow and erodeconfidence exactly in these values which we seekto promote," Mandela said...
Gates, who is DuBois Professor of theHumanities, proposed that a new fellowship forSouth African scholars to study at Harvard benamed after Mandela...
...Mandela endorsed the new program--and gaveGates the nod to use his name for the fellowship...