Dear Editor,

The culture of a man’s spirit and soul is the DNA of his being, and the fibre of his intellect is the essence of character.

In Nelson Mandela humanity found a being of noble character whose blood, though not of kings, was majestic and who gave the world himself as an exemplar of courage, fortitude and forgiveness.

His life made others live in freedom from the captivity of man’s inhumanity to man, and now his death has bequeathed to us, the world, an immortal legacy of enduring value. Death, tearful as it is, has given us a deeper insight and understanding of the height, breadth and depth of his life and how he lived it extraordinarily within and outside the cell which imprisoned the body.

The Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) and the Media Technology Institute (MTI) bid farewell to Mandela who excavated from despair hope, moulded and shaped the aspirations of countless people and nations, and created the reality of freedom from dreams conceived within the confines of our minds.

Christopher L Samuda

Chairman, CPTC and MTI

christopher.samuda@yahoo.com