A small collection of photos entitled AFRICA can be found in the left hand column of on this page. The photos in this album were taken during our recent trip to South Africa. In a very limited way, they illustrate the myriad emotions this country can evoke from the outsider. South Africa has on offer the very best that money can buy but it serves it up with the echo of the evil that was apartheid still lingering in the background. There is, however, optimism in the air; there is every expectation that the very heart of this country, its people, will beat again.
You may already know that yesterday, a 3 meter bronze statue of Nelson Mandela was unveiled in London’s Parliament Square. It joins the effigies of 3 other great leaders: Winston Churchill, Benjamin Disraeli and Abraham Lincoln.
Mandela is the diamond that formed in the fire of apartheid. He represents the very best we can aspire to become. He is a gift to humanity. Long live Madiba!
Joseph Froncioni
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