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How Mandela used rugby as a unifying force
July 27, 2022As we referenced in the previous post, Nelson Mandela’s term as chief executive of South Africa began with a political...
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The power of reconciliation
January 19, 2022A dynamic scene from the movie Invictus depicts a tense conversation between President Nelson Mandela and Jason Tshabalala, his diligent and...
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From a personal transformation to a new national narrative
December 16, 2021Whether he knew it or not at the time, Nelson Mandela’s prison experience would provide something of a blueprint...
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How Nelson Mandela began a new story for South Africa
November 13, 2021The previous post gave a brief description of Nelson Mandela’s first hours as President of South Africa. Many of...
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Nelson Mandela and his South African rainbow nation
October 26, 2021At the outset, my plan for this post was to focus on Nelson Mandela, whose tale of transformation is...
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How the US could get on the road to unity
September 20, 2021In the last entry, I wrote that Joe Biden’s best opportunity to have a transformational impact on the American political landscape...
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A chance for Joe Biden to achieve transformational change
September 14, 2021As a follow up to our previous post, there are two notions in particular that I would like to...
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Inspiring change with powerful national symbols
July 25, 2021Continuing on the theme of our last post, how would I have advised Mr Biden to use the setting...
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Two stories president Biden can use to encourage unity
June 17, 2021In the early days of Joe Biden’s presidency, I was curious to see how he would address the nation...
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Mr Biden’s missed opportunities
June 4, 2021When I sat down to write the last post, it occurred to me that two of the primary themes...