IANA Blog- July 2023
Blog Happy July, During this month, I was celebrating Nelson Mandela Day. July 18th would have been his 105th Birthday, and a couple months later would be the Tenth anniversary of his transition to an ancestor. So, I figured I would take some time to make this month’s blog on a man that influenced me, one of my favorite leaders, and in my opinion, one of the greatest men to step foot from the African continent, Nelson Mandela. Now I know what you’re thinking, what does Nelson Mandela have to do with IANA? He’s South African… I know…and for those that remember…he was a revolutionary…freedom fighter…philanthropist…leader of the African National Congress…former President of South Africa…the symbol of the Anti-Apartheid movement, a movement that impacted the world…and it wasn’t just South Africans fighting back against the Apartheid system, the whole continent of Africa joined the fight…especially Nigeria. Late Nigerian artists Sonny Okosun, Ras Kimono and Majek Fashek made Anti-apartheid ...