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Desmond Tutu: Together, we can join forces to make Burma the new South Africa
In 1988, Nelson Mandela reached his 70th birthday. He was languishing in prison, having already spent 26 years locked up by the apartheid regime in South Africa. In Wembley Stadium some of the world's greatest entertainers - Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Sting, Annie Lennox and George Michael performed for a political prisoner whose face the world hadn't seen for a quarter of a century.
In 1988, Nelson Mandela reached his 70th birthday. He was languishing in prison, having already spent 26 years locked up by the apartheid regime in South Africa. In Wembley Stadium some of the world's greatest entertainers - Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Sting, Annie Lennox and George Michael performed for a political prisoner whose face the world hadn't seen for a quarter of a century.
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