Nelson Mandela's favourite poem - BBC Newsnight
July 19, 2018
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1:30Now PlayingNelson Mandela's favourite poem - BBC Newsnight
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as posted by the channelThis is the poem Nelson Mandela and fellow jailed anti-apartheid campaigner Andrew Mlangeni used to read to each other in their Robben Island cell.
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It's called Invictus by William Ernest Henley and here Mr Mlangeni reads it for you to honour his old comrade's legacy on what would have been Madiba's 100th birthday.
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