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07-18-2012, 03:27 PM
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa's beloved first black president, Nelson Mandela, is turning 94 years old on Wednesday in his home village of Qunu. The celebration, with his family, will include a birthday cake and his favorite dish of tripe with samp, or coarsely ground cornmeal.
Schoolchildren and celebrities sang "Happy Birthday Madiba," as South Africans affectionately call the former leader, using his clan name. Millions of South Africans donated 67 minutes of their time to public service, one minute for each of the years he dedicated his life to service.
Tributes poured in from around the world, while the Internet in South Africa lit up with birthday messages for Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison under the apartheid regime and emerged to become president in the country's first democratic elections in 1994.
Nearly all the top trending topics on Twitter in South Africa on Wednesday were Mandela-related, among them Happy Birthday Madiba, Mandela Story, Sing4Madiba, legend, Madiba Means, 67 Minutes and Qunu.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/07/nelson-mandela-south-africa-birthday.html
Schoolchildren and celebrities sang "Happy Birthday Madiba," as South Africans affectionately call the former leader, using his clan name. Millions of South Africans donated 67 minutes of their time to public service, one minute for each of the years he dedicated his life to service.
Tributes poured in from around the world, while the Internet in South Africa lit up with birthday messages for Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison under the apartheid regime and emerged to become president in the country's first democratic elections in 1994.
Nearly all the top trending topics on Twitter in South Africa on Wednesday were Mandela-related, among them Happy Birthday Madiba, Mandela Story, Sing4Madiba, legend, Madiba Means, 67 Minutes and Qunu.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/07/nelson-mandela-south-africa-birthday.html