South Africans remember Mandela with praise and prayers
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Clifford Armion
le 12/09/2013
Activer le mode zenEd Cropley and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - With hymns and eulogies, South Africans of all colors and creeds remembered Nelson Mandela in a day of prayers on Sunday, holding him up as a symbol of freedom, forgiveness and hope for the nation and the world.At churches, mosques, synagogues and community halls from the Limpopo River to the Cape, millions offered praise and reflected on a man celebrated as "Father of the Nation" and as a global beacon of integrity, rectitude and reconciliation.
Mandela, South Africa's first black president who steered his nation out of apartheid and into multi-racial democracy, died on Thursday at the age of 95 after months of illness.
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South Africans remember Mandela with praise and prayers, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), septembre 2013. Consulté le 22/12/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/south-africans-remember-mandela-with-praise-and-prayers-