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    Mandela - In Memoriam
    Mandela - In Memoriam
    Mandela - In Memoriam
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    Mandela - In Memoriam

    By Wale Owoeye

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    MANDELA- In Memoriam is a book of verse written to celebrate the global icon of freedom, late Nelson Mandela.

    Containing 27 Torches of Liberty, the poems are for those who loved the man Mandela was and his undying legacies

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPipit Inc.
    Release dateMay 16, 2018
    ISBN9781386287469
    Mandela - In Memoriam
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    Wale Owoeye

    Wale Sasamura-Owoeye is a lawyer, poet, author, mystic, publisher, teacher and Renaissance Man. A Neo-Negritudian with the mission to make modern literary masterpieces for world audience, Wale Sasamura lives and practices law in Lagos, Nigeria

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      Mandela - In Memoriam - Wale Owoeye

      TO THE MEMORY OF NELSON MANDELA

      1918-2013

      FOREWORD

      MANDELA-IN MEMORIAM is a book of verse specially commissioned to honor the memory of late Nelson Mandela. Written to celebrate his legacy of selfless leadership and incredible sacrifices for freedom, the poems in the collection radiates with wit, humor and love that reflected Madiba's iconic and exemplary life.

      Containing 27 Torches Of Liberty, symbolizing the number of years Mandela spent in prison for freedom' sake; IN MEMORIAM is for all who admired the man Mandela was, and especially those who shares his passion for an ideal world where all are equal and united in purpose of building a better world.

      I hope his memory is honored and extolled with this soulful outpouring from a bereaved son.

      Rest in peace Tata.

      Wale Owoeye Esq.

      Lagos 

      Ma kube njalo! (Let it be so)

      -Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika

      27 TORCHES OF LIBERTY

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