Nelson Mandela

IN MY COUNTRY WE GO TO PRISON FIRST AND THEN BECOME PRESIDENT

(Nelson Mandela, "Long Walk to Freedom", 1995)

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician, Nelson Mandela was firstly a political prisoner from 1963 to 1990, and then he served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

This mural was unveiled in 2013, on the day before his 95th birthday. Mandela died on the 5th of December 2013.

As background of Mandela's portrait and his famous quote, there are the Irish and South African flags.

Mandela was a friend of Ireland and he is the symbol of the Fight for Freedom for the Irish and all the World.

Northumberland Street, Belfast, 2015