Mandela celebrates 90th birthday

By Audrey Brown
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7512700.stm

Brown's birthday tribute to the late Nelson Mandela mainly comments on post-apartheid South Africa. Brown leads off with a statement from Maldela when he became president of South African in 1994 where he promises to unite the torn Africa.

And Mandela succeed in leading South Africa out of a much anticipated civil war, but the effects of apartheid are still seen there today. Brown interviews activists and victims of racism to give a brief overview of where South Africans believe their country is today. She states overall that while there definitely has been improvement since the fall of apartheid, South Africa still struggles with severe racial inequality.

She ends her article on a somewhat upbeat note with a quote from an 18 year old white girl who was raped by a black man who says that she still isn't angry with black people, despite her trauma, because of an award she recieved from black church members presented with serenity.