Today, South Africans celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 87th birthday. They lit a special torch in his Apartheid prison cell as part of a new nationwide drive to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS.
The prison is located on Robben Island, off Cape Town. Mandela spent almost two decades of his life there as punishment for seeking to end White rule and bring democracy to his country.
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