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Chronicle of Pains: Mandela's Trial by Akinmade Abayomi Zeal

                CHRONICLE OF PAINS: MANDELA’S TRIALS                           By Abayomi Zeal Akinmade                                Soyinkzeal@gmail.com FOR MANDELA’S 100TH POSTHUMOUS BIRTHDAY, July 18,2018 It is an extremely difficult task to eulogise anyone, it’s even more herculean to grasp the right words to describe any man who had remained guileless and steadfast to a particular struggle, any man who had shown grit in trying times and came out shoulder high, soaring, let alone describe a liberator, a giant of history, a man who acted on the behalf of justice, a man who moved his nation towards unity when it threatened to break apart in those trying times. How can one describe a man who nearly earned himself a pedestal with God by moving his nation towards justice in the trying times in the history of South Africa? One cannot get it right. One can only fumble for words and at least describe facts and dates of history.     It’s tempting to remember Nelson