Njabulo S. Ndebele is Chairman, Nelson Mandela Foundation.

Nelson Mandela and Black Lives

A Black Lives Matter protest in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic, 4 June 2020. Photo: Life Matters from Pexels
Nelson Mandela, President of the Republic of South Africa, addressing the fifty-third session of the General Assembly. 21 September 1998. United Nations, New York. UN Photo/Greg Kinch
Members of the Board of the Nelson Mandela Foundation with Madiba. ©Nelson Mandela Foundation-Debbie Yazbek

The fact that the Black Lives Matter movement has found powerful resonances in many parts of the world in the wake of George Floyd’s killing indicates that we are not alone.