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Did you know Nelson Mandela’s true name is Rolihlahla Mandela? Born into the Madiba clan in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July 1918, Mandela’s primary school teacher decided to give him the name “Nelson”, in keeping with the custom of giving all schoolchildren British names, thus denying their true African culture. Watch this narrated version of Mandela’s story to discover
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Watch Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his powerful and historic “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in 1963. This speech, symbolizing the fight for equality and justice, resonates with the aspirations of millions for a society free from discrimination and segregation. King’s eloquent words and compelling vision continue to inspire the quest for civil rights
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Thomas Jefferson is best remembered as the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States. Jefferson learned the Spanish language on his transatlantic passage to France in 1784, with a copy of Don Quixote and a Spanish grammar.
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Edmund De Waal is is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He lives and works in London.
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James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet and short story writer.
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An activist, lawyer, anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist, Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) is widely regarded as the father of modern South Africa. An ardent believer of equal rights irrespective of ethnicity, social background, religion or gender, Nelson Mandela was instrumental in ending apartheid in South Africa. He was a fierce believer in the power of human potential and dreams.
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We wish you all the best for this new school year! English rocks, may the force be with you all!
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