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The Nelson Mandela Museum is proud to keep the spirit of ‘The Mother of Civil Rights’, in Mrs. Rosa Parks and the legacy of the ‘Father of Civil Rights’ , in Mr. Nelson Mandela alive. In honouring the two Human Rights Activists, the Nelson Mandela Museum , Qunu and its partner, the Michigan State University Museum from USA will be showcasing an exhibition of “Dear Mrs. Parks…Dear Mr. Mandela “ Children’s Letters : Global Lessons in Pretoria.
“Dear Mrs. Park ….Dear Mr. Mandela” Children’s Letters: Global Exhibition Launch has been made possible by the transportation funding received from the United States Embassy, South Africa. After spending 22 months at the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, the exhibition will now be showcased at Constitutional Hill in Pretoria.
“Dear Mrs. Parks…Dear Mr. Mandela “Children’s Letters: Global Lessons Exhibition is a travelling exhibition launched in 2008 at the Nelson Mandela Museum in Qunu. The exhibition showcases samples of letters written by hundreds of children around the world to Mrs. Parks and Mr. Mandela illustrating values and goals shared by two leaders born from different continents.
As an activist, Mrs. Park once said: “I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about the freedom and Equality, Justice and Prosperity for all people”. The ‘Mother of Civil Rights’, in Mrs. Park can also be remembered for her gallant defiance against racial segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Mrs. Park refused to give up her seat for a white person and she was eventually arrested, charged and convicted of civil disobedience.
His partner in solidarity, Dr. Nelson Mandela dreamt of a Democratic society in which all people live in harmony with equal opportunities. Mr. Mandela once said: “I found myself restricted and isolated from my fellow men, tailed by officers of the Special Branch wherever I went; I was made by the law a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for.”
Dr. Nelson Mandela activism saw him imprisoned, outlawed and even forced to call for the establishment of uMkhoto Wesizwe and later went underground. Mr. Mandela can be remembered by his role as volunteer in chief of the ANC youth League, M-Plan and later his famous speech during the treason trial.
The exhibition of ‘Dear Mrs. Park…Dear Mr. Mandela’ showcases the analytical portrayal of the two leaders by the children in their plight to see a Non Racial and a Non Sexist society where everyone enjoys Equal rights, security peace and harmony.
The Nelson Mandela Museum will temporarily close its Mthatha site for a major upgrade at the end of October and will operate solely from Qunu.
The closure of the Bhunga Building will not affect normal Museum operations. The Museum’s exhibition offering is being expanded at its multi-facetted Qunu site – also known as the Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre. The Museum also offers accommodation and conferencing facilities, indoor and outdoor sports, a restaurant and secure parking Various cultural and adventure tour options customised to suit visitor needs are available. These include the popular Footprints Tour, also known as the Nelson Mandela Heritage Trail, that allow visitors to walk in the footprints of Nelson Mandela visiting various sites of historical significance directly associated with him from Mvezo, Qunu and Mqhekezweni, to the University of Fort Hare. The upgrading of the Bunga Building has been on the cards for several years as the structure does not fit the expectations of a modern museum. The Bunga was custom-built in the 1930s to house the region’s administration. Its upgrade will take up to 30 months. The state of the art Nelson Mandela Museum building that will emerge will meet 21st century standards, and will once again feature a display of gifts awarded to Mr Mandela by the people of the world. The architecture and specialised internal environmental control system will meet international heritage and preservation standards. Furthermore, the renovation of the site will help boost the image of the Eastern Cape Province and the city of Mthatha. The new structure will include a reference library, IT Centre, children’s room, theatre, exhibition halls and orientation centre. The Museum would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience and urge all stakeholders, South Africans and members of the international community, to take the long walk with us to Qunu.
For more information and Tours, Contact:
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communication: Ms. N.Tetani Tel: (047) 532 5110/ Cell: 082 4834643 Email: nokuzola@nelsonmandelamuseum.org.za Marketing and Communications Department Nelson Mandela Museum, Bunga Building, Mthatha
The Nelson Mandela Museum welcomes the visitation of Anti-Apartheid activists at the authentic landscape of Madiba’s upbringing and retirement. The Anti- Apartheid activists from ACTSA Scotland form part of a four day walk on the Wild Coast to raise needed funds for community projects in the Eastern Cape.
ACTSA mission is to strengthen links between Scotland and the Eastern Cape Province. “The visitation of the group is also in line with the Nelson Mandela Museum’s program of promoting the footprint trail of Nelson Mandela. The trail seeks to inspire both local and international guests about the upbringing of Dr. Nelson Mandela”, Senior Marketing and Communication Manager Nokuzola Tetani said. The Nelson Mandela footprint trail starts at the Museum where visitors are offered an opportunity to see and learn about ‘Parenting a Nation’ exhibition and a visitation to the sliding stone.
The trail will further go to a school where Rolihlahla got the name Nelson. Afterwards, the footprint trail will pass through a village allowing visitors an opportunity to interact with rural communities and to understand the importance of the Rural big five (Cows, Sheep, goats, Horses, donkeys) etc. The footprint package further go via Qunu river where Madiba used to swim with other boys, making cows out of clay, and to a church where Dr. Rolihlahla Mandela was baptised. Ms. Tetani believes the package offered to tourists will give them an opportunity to interact, acquire knowledge and to share knowledge with the rural community. After the tour of Qunu ACTSA members will visit Bethany Place of Safety at Mthatha and Blythswood Institution in Ngqamakhwe. Bethany Place of safety is a children’s home near Mthatha, looking after 60 or 70 children aged 0 – 6, who have been orphaned, abandoned or abused. ACTSA members visited the Bethany in 2004 and 2008. Blythswood Institution is a secondary school in Ngqamakhwe founded as a Scottish mission school in 1877. In 1998 an ACTSA delegation found school in a very bad physical state but when a second delegation visited in 2004 contractors began with a major physical upgrade.
Contact: Fumanekile Wisani, Communication Officer, 047 532 5110
The Nelson Mandela Museum a proud advocate of Nelson Mandela’s Values and a preserver of our heritage was excited to be part of the historic re-launch of Nelson Mandela’s capture site at Howick, Kwazulu Natal.
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Nelson Mandela Museum launched its travelling exhibition of the two South African Icons Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela and Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli at Temba Library, Hammanskraal.
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Nelson Mandela Museum staff and friends this year continue where they left off on Nelson Mandela Day 2010, creating awareness, protecting and preserving seminal sites associated with Mr Nelson Rolihlalhla Mandela’s development in the Transkei villages where he was raised.
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The Nelson Mandela Museum hosted educators and Learners at the Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre in Qunu, Mthatha. The Winter School camp program resumed on the 05th July and will end on the 10th of July 2011.
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1918-2011
MaNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu was a South African heroine whose resilience in the face of the severest adversity, whose courage and conviction and compassion, were foundation stones in South Africa’s freedom.
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If you were to write to Nelson Mandela what would you tell him? Would you wish him well, or a happy birth day, or thank him for making a huge difference in South Africa? Sometime ago children all over the world wrote to him and the other prominent struggle heroine and human rights activist, Rosa Parks in the United States of America.
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The Nelson Mandela Museum is proud to keep the spirit of ‘The Mother of Civil Rights’, in Mrs. Rosa Parks and the legacy of the ‘Father of Civil Rights’ , in Mr. Nelson Mandela alive. In honouring the two Human Rights Activists, the Nelson Mandela Museum , Qunu and its partner, the Michigan State University [...]
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With much regret, we would like to inform you that the Nelson Mandela Museum Celebrations that were scheduled for 11 February 2012 have been postponed to 21 March 2012, due to the passing on of Nelson Mandela’s sister Mrs Nokuthamba Bhulehluthi.
The Nelson Mandela Museum Council and Management, apologise for the inconvenience caused.
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