Mandela's London statue unveiled

August 29, 2007

Britain has paid tribute to South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela by unveiling a bronze statue. The statue was the idea of Donald Woods, the crusading South African anti-apartheid newspaper editor. After Woods died in 2001 the film director Richard Attenborough pushed the idea forward. Attenborough made the film "Cry Freedom", about Woods friendship with black consciousness leader Steve Biko.