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Statues of South African Nobel Peace Prize winners<\/p>\n

Inscriptions at the base of the statues:<\/p>\n

Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will experience the oppression of one by another.
\n– Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n

Our new Constitution is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, justice and of the ending of centuries of conflict.
\n– F.W. de Klerk<\/p>\n

A person is a person through other people. (which is the English version of the word Ubuntu).
\n– Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu<\/p>\n

What is important is that we can build a homogeneous South Africa on the basis not of colour, but of human values.
\n– Albert Luthuli<\/p>\n

V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa<\/p>\n

via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/25xBAMz<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Statues of South African Nobel Peace Prize winners Inscriptions at the base of the statues: Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will experience the oppression of one by another. – Nelson Mandela Our new Constitution is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, justice and of the ending of centuries of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[265,387,862,1889,2423,3122,3996,4038,5344,5597,6347,7762,7959,8468,8909,9026,9027,9028,9964,10697,12207,12208,12444,12445,12615,14768,13662,13975,14014],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-posts","tag-african","tag-albertluthuli","tag-archbishopemeritusdesmondtutu","tag-bronze","tag-capetown","tag-ciudaddelcabo","tag-deklerk","tag-desmondtutu","tag-fwdeklerk","tag-gesture","tag-history","tag-luthuli","tag-mandela","tag-moment","tag-nelsonmandela","tag-nobel","tag-nobelpeaceprize","tag-nobelsquarestatues","tag-people","tag-proud","tag-southafrica","tag-southafrican","tag-statue","tag-statues","tag-sudafrica","tag-updated","tag-va","tag-waterfront","tag-westerncape","has-post-thumbnail"],"tags_input":"african,albertluthuli,archbishopemeritusdesmondtutu,bronze,capetown,ciudaddelcabo,deklerk,desmondtutu,fwdeklerk,gesture,history,luthuli,mandela,moment,nelsonmandela,nobel,nobelpeaceprize,nobelsquarestatues,people,proud,southafrica,southafrican,statue,statues,Sudafrica,Updated,va,waterfront,westerncape","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phjlBv-k1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23860,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2024\/09\/23\/kitsune-at-fushimi-inari-shrine\/","url_meta":{"origin":1241,"position":0},"title":"Kitsune at Fushimi Inari shrine","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"September 23, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Foxes, serving as messengers for Inari (the deity associated with paddy fields and other attributes), are depicted as statues marking the shrines. 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