"A RIPPLE OF HOPE" RFK IN SOUTH AFRICA & N'KOSI SIKELELI

LAST night I watched a show on WHUT, one of the PBS stations in Washington, D.C., on Robert & Ethel Kennedy's 1960's trip to South Africa, a trip where he and his wife visited universities and the townships and spoke out against apartheid and brought hope and encouragement to the black majority and all others not white, and to the whites who wanted to end apartheid. The website for this program is http://rfksafilm.org/html/anthem.php I remember going to anti-apartheid protest at the South African embassy in D.C. in the 80's, and I remember that Sunday morning 11 FEB 1990 when I watched, with my sister Jennie, Nelson Mandela's release from the Victor-Verster prison in Paarl, South Africa. Go to this website to watch the videos of his release http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11/newsid_2539000/2539947.stm
One of the most moving sights and sounds during the struggle to end apartheid was the singing of N'Kosi Sikeleli, which was the national anthem of the ANC and became incorporated into the national anthem of South Africa. Below is a video of Paul Simon's concert in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1987 closing with Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Paul Simon, joined by the audience in the singing of N'Kosi Sikeleli. Following that is national anthem of South Africa, N'Kosi Sikeleli iAfrika.