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Happy Birthday Madiba!
They sang ‘Happy Birthday To You’ in English and his native Xhosa. Mr. Mandela’s former wife Winnie Madikizela also paid a birthday visit.
Despite his increasing frailty, Mandela blew out the less than 91 candles on his ANC themed cake. At the birthday party was South Africa’s current president, Jacob Zuma, who made a tribune to Mendala – "inspiration to the world."
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Wyclef Jean and Queen Latifah
The festival was not limited to South Africa alone. In New York, artists and musicians, including singer Will.I.Am, Wyclef Jean, Lil’ Kim, Queen Latifah, Gloria Gaynor and Morgan Freeman, who has been cast to play Mandela in Invictus – a film biography of Mandela’s life, performed at Mandela Day: A 46664 Celebration Concert. The number 46664 was the former Robben Island inmate prisoner number.
Also in attendance was the first lady of France, Carla Bruni, who is also an international ambassador for HIV/Aids charities. Ms. Bruni had pledged that she would not make live appearances while she was First Lady of France but made an exception for Mandela birthday celebration. Her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in attendance at the the Radio City Music Hall in New York.
Happy Birthday Madiba!
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