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Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
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Former President Of South Africa
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Political Activist
Political Prisoner
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
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Prisoner 46664
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