FROM A CONVERSATION
WITH RICHARD STENGEL ABOUT MEETING FIDEL CASTRO
Castro is a very
striking chap . . . We addressed a meeting together. What is the name of
that town, man? A crowd like that in a small country? It was a fantastic
crowd; I think there were about 300,000 people. Everyone seated on
chairs. He spoke about three hours without a piece of paper, quoted
figures, and he showed that America was bankrupt, you know? And not a
single person left except to go to the toilet and come back .. . I was
tremendously impressed by Castro and also by his humility — very humble
chap, you know? When . . . I [was] driving with him through the city, he
just sat down and folded his arms, and I was the person who was waving
to the crowd . . . After speaking, we . . . went into the crowd; he was
greeting everybody . . . I noticed that he will greet . . . a white
person, then he goes to greet somebody who's dark. I don't know whether
that was purely accidental or deliberate. [He was] very warm, talked to
them for some time . . . I then realised that this enthusiasm and waving
was not really for me as we were driving through the city; it was
directed to Castro . . . Nobody bothered about me at all [laughs] . . .
I was tremendously impressed by him.
Nelson Mandela
Conversations With Myself
2010, page 389
(Mandela visited Cuba in 1991)
The speeches by Mandela and Fidel are available in print:
How Far We Slaves Have Come!
South Africa and Cuba in Today's World
By Nelson
Mandela,
Fidel Castro
Price: $10.00
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Also available in: Spanish, Farsi
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Speaking together in Cuba in 1991, Mandela and Castro discuss the place in the history of Africa of Cuba and Angola’s victory over the invading U.S.-backed South African army, and the resulting acceleration of the fight to bring down the racist apartheid system.
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“The speeches are both tributes to the Cuban people for their internationalist aid to the anti-apartheid struggle and to the vanguard role of the African National Congress and, at the distance of almost two decades, Mandela’s speech has shown great staying power.” [Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR www.booknews.com]—Book News
Preface by Mary-Alice Waters, 8-page photo section and other photos, notes, key dates, index. Now with enlarged type.
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Paper, 91 pages Edition: 1st Publisher: Pathfinder ISBN-13: 978-0-87348-729-0 ISBN-10: 0-87348-729-X
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