Saturday, July 19, 2008

Mandela: An Audio History Nelson Mandela was 90 on July 18th. Learn about his life by listening to this excellent series here — 5 parts (± 15 min each), .mp3, RealAudio, transcripts Part 1: The Birth of Apartheid (1944-1960) Part 2: The Underground Movement (1960-1964) Part 3: Robben Island (1964-1976) Part 4: State of Emergency (1976-1990) Part 5: Democracy (1990-1994) The same series is presented on NPR here. The audio links use RealMedia or Windows Media Player.