NELSON Mandela, in Britain this week, is the great man of our age.
Many TV viewers wept as they watched millions of South Africans queuing for up to 10 hours in the broiling sun in their first free elections. They chose by a huge majority a ma imprisoned for 27 years for his struggle for their cause.
The visitor goes to Buckingham palace - but doesn't forget the poverty of blacks, browns and whites in Brixton.
Mandela is a giant who makes political leaders in the Western world look like pygmies. He is a symbol of courage and hope in a time of despair in Britain and elsewhere.
He carries the banner of the down-trodden in every land and now seeks from abroad the qualified doctors and investment by bankers that his country needs for reconstruction.
FRANK ALLAUN, Eastleigh Road, Manchester
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