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Obama says we live in strange than certain times in speech to commemorate
Nelson Mandela's legacy former President Barack Obama calls current times strange
and uncertain in his speech on Tuesday to commemorate the late Nelson Mandela
Obama's first visit to Africa since leaving office Mandela is known for
being the epitome of civil action after he was in prison for 27 years for
attempting to and apartheid in Africa a system of institutionalized segregation
that existed in South Africa for years the global icon died in 2013 and his
legacy as the first black president of South Africa and years of activism will
be celebrated with the 16th Nelson Mandela annual lecture this
year's theme is titled renewing the Mandela legacy in promoting active
citizenship in a changing world and more than 4,000 people are expected to attend
the speech falls on the day before Mandela's 100th birthday and as part of
the series of events that Nelson Mandela Foundation has planned for the milestone
before the lecture Mandela's wife frost natural told the crowd of more than
4,000 people that belong up is one of the finest global leaders of the 21st
century had a youthful symbol of transformative leadership
given the strange and uncertain times that we are in and they are strange and
they are uncertain with each day's news cycles bringing more heads spinning and
disturbing headlines I thought maybe it would be useful to step back for a
moment and try to get some perspective Obama said Obama will be the second u.s.
president to deliver the lecture Bill Clinton spoke in 2013
before Obama delivered his speech on Tuesday the former president made a stop
in Kenya on Monday to assist in the grand opening of a sports and fitness
center founded by Obama's half-sister Auma Obama the facility is in the city
of Coachella the birthplace of their father since parting office in 2017
Obama has spent his time delivering speeches meeting with potential 2020
presidential candidates and spending a substantial amount of time on his
foundation based in Chicago Obama's speech in Johannesburg is considered one
of the most high-profile appearances the president will attend since his
presidency see