Tras el éxito de la celebración del 90 cumpleaños de Nelson Mandela , llevado a cabo por 46664 en junio de 2008 en Hyde Park, se concluyó que era necesario homenajear el cumpleaños de Madiba cada año con un día que rindiera tributo a una vida destinada al trabajo social y para perpetuar su legado en el tiempo.
Como Madiba dijo en su última visita internacional a Londres con motivo de la celebración de su cumpleaños, "es hora de que las nuevas generaciones continúen nuestra lucha contra la injusticia social y en pro de los derechos de la Humanidad, está en vuestras manos".
Londres se dejó el testigo en manos de las generaciones venideras, mientras que la celebración de Mandela Day en Nueva York – en julio de 2009- fue el comienzo de su realización.
En 2010 la celebración del Mandela Day será en Madrid.
Para más información, consulta la web del Mandela Day.
Seguramente, jamás un país africano atrajo tantas miradas desde España.
When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag. Born to a throne, stronger than Rome But Violent prone, poor people zone But it’s my home, all I have known Where I got grown, streets we would roam But out of the darkness, I came the farthest Among the hardest survival Learn from these streets, it can be bleak Except no defeat, surrender retreat So we struggling, fighting to eat and We wondering when we’ll be free So we patiently wait, for that fateful day It’s not far away, so for now we say When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back So many wars, settling scores Bringing us promises, leaving us poor I heard them say, love is the way Love is the answer, that’s what they say, But look how they treat us, make us believers We fight their battles, then they deceive us Try to control us, they couldn’t hold us Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers But we struggling, fighting to eat And we wondering, when we’ll be free So we patiently wait, for that faithful day It’s not far away, but for now we say When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And everybody will be singing it (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And you and I will be singing it (Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh) And we all will be singing it (Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh) When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back When I get older, I will be stronger They’ll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag And then it goes back, and then it goes back And then it goes back When I get older, when I get older I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag.
