Thursday, March 29, 2012

You can now explore Mandela's Archives Online, courtesy of Google Cultural Institute

On Tuesday, Mark Yoshitake, Product Manager, Google’s Cultural Institute, announced via a blog post that you can now access information about former president Nelson Mandela's archives online.

This was made possible by the collaboration of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and the Google Cultural Institute.

Mark remarks thus:

 "Today, the Mandela archive has become a reality. Along with historians, educationalists, researchers, activists and many others around the world, you can access a wealth of information and knowledge about the life and legacy of this extraordinary African leader. The new online multimedia archive includes Mandela’s correspondence with family, comrades and friends, diaries written during his 27 years of imprisonment, and notes he made while leading the negotiations that ended apartheid in South Africa. The archive will also include the earliest-known photo of Mr. Mandela and never-before seen drafts of Mr. Mandela's manuscripts for the sequel to his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom."
You can see thousands of handwritten letters, photographs and videos that detail Nelson Mandela's long walk to freedom. 




Click here to take your to Mandela"s online archives.

You can get more information from the blog post......
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